The corporate tax credit “scholarship” bill (which was defeated last year) is going to be heard in the House Education Committee on Friday, though it was not on this week’s calendar until Tuesday afternoon. Why are we not surprised? Because recently, Brownback’s former budget director and current Kansas Policy Institute...
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No comments Monthly Archives: March 2014
Class size matters
A new policy brief shows what many parents and teachers inherently understand – class size matters. It criticizes the recent guest of the Kansas legislature and witness for the State in Gannon, Eric Hanushek, points to the danger in looking at class size averages and concludes that smaller class size...
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We testified against SB 196, a “neo-charter” bill. As this piece explains, “The short list of speakers in favor of SB 196 last week included Wade Moore, Pastor of Christian Faith Centre in Wichita, and Darlene Cornfield of the Northfield School of the Liberal Arts. Pastor Moore’s church bought the...
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This week, the Senate and House Education Committees are set to hear from Alex Medler, VP Policy & Advocacy, National Assoc. of Charter Schools Authorizers and Rick Ogston, Founder/CEO of Carpe Diem. Are they hearing from you? Here’s what happened in Indiana after the legislature invited Carpe Diem in: “Ambassador...
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