Evidence abounds that privatization has spawned abuse, fraud and waste…The for-profit education industry, for one, appears to be rife with fraud at every level, from kindergarten to college. The firm [Nathaniel] Davis heads, K12 Inc., has yet to show it is superior to public schools. In Kansas, the company’s Lawrence Virtual...
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No comments Monthly Archives: March 2014
Brownback’s push for all day kindergarten funding lacks credibility
We agree with this piece. The legislature that Brownback is allegedly fighting against on all day kindergarten (and higher ed) funding is the legislature he and his backers put in office after purging moderate public education supporters in the 2012 primaries. http://www.examiner.com/article/brownback-s-push-for-school-funding-is-pure-political-theater?CID=examiner_alerts_article...
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We’ve heard talk of New Orleans’ privatization being a model for Kansas, but we’re listening to this parent advocate (as well as many other reports debunking the New Orleans choice myth). “If New Orleans is being held up as a model for the schools in your community, I have some advice...
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Here’s a helpful update on education issues from Topeka today. Today the House Education committee was canceled, as was the Senate Education Committee. Tomorrow we are not schedule to work any bills, but the agenda is for both the House and Senate Education Committees to have a joint committee meeting...
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