The next time you hear we have to expand charter schools in Kansas to give poor children school choice, think of this story: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/23185796-418/sec-probes-uno-financing.html...
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No comments Monthly Archives: October 2013
Poll shows Kansans want increased funding for schools
Dear women of Kansas, please talk to the men in your lives. In a recent poll, 71% of women felt that K-12 funding should be increased, while 61% of men felt K-12 funding should be increased. We note that’s a majority for both genders. “Kansas Speaks” and Kansans want increased...
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KS Bd of Ed met with legislators yesterday. Sen. Melcher complained of “generous” funding and stagnant test scores without acknowledging large increases in students in poverty and ELLs. Other legislators said consolidation would save money but no one will propose it because doing so would be political suicide. See article below...
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No comments Game On for Kansas Schools is not a well-funded front group for left-wing special interests
Why would the KS GOP choose to mislead people about Game On? Is it important for them to draw attention away from Game On’s public education advocacy efforts? In their latest statewide e-newsletter, they mischaracterized our position on judicial review of school funding and concluded by saying, “This is what...
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