Monthly Archives: November 2013

The next time you hear we need the ALEC expansion of charter schools in Kansas, think of this story:http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/nia-community-public-charter-schools-ex-director-pleads-guilty-to-embezzlement/2013/11/13/4979da0a-4cae-11e3-9890-a1e0997fb0c0_story.html?wprss=rss_Copy+of+local-alexandria-social&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter...

“At the annual meeting [of the free market ‘think tank’ State Policy Network], which took place in Oklahoma City this past September 24th through 27th, [president Tracie] Sharp explained what she called The IKEA Model. She said that it starts with what she described as a ‘catalogue’ showing ‘what success...

This is what school funding facts look like for districts throughout Kansas. Thank you Goddard school board member Kevin McWhorter for speaking out for the children in your district and all of Kansas, and thank you to theAndover Parent Legislative Council for getting organized and sharing information.  http://www.kansas.com/2013/11/17/3120296/kevin-r-mcwhorter-dont-fall-for.html  ...

Sen. Wagle has publicly stated that if the KS Supreme Court rules in favor of the schools in Gannon, they will pursue changing judicial selection for justices as they did for appellate judges last term. Here’s a great explanation of what’s wrong with that. “Some of our elected state leaders would...