Monthly Archives: March 2014

Over the last several years, we have been showing what is wrong with vouchers, corporate tax credit scholarships, expansion of charter schools, the continued underfunding of our schools and other bad education policy that is being foisted on Kansas by ALEC and others who do not fully support public education....

Call to Action: The ALEC charter bill from last year is being heard in the Senate Education Committee Friday at 1:30 in Room 112-N. Please contact committee members and urge them to vote NO on Senate Bill 196. Here is the committee email list: Steve.Abrams@senate.ks.gov, Tom.Arpke@senate.ks.gov, Anthony.Hensley@senate.ks.gov,Dan.Kerschen@senate.ks.gov, Jeff.Melcher@senate.ks.gov, Ralph.Ostmeyer@senate.ks.gov, Pat.Pettey@senate.ks.gov,...

Call to Action: Please contact members of the House Elections Committee before Monday to urge them to vote No on HB 2227 which would move school board elections from April to November. We should not hold these elections when their issues will get lost in a sea of partisan races; we...

Friday, February 7, 2014: Become an Advocate for Public Education! On behalf of the Basehor-Linwood Board of Education, as well as teachers and staff, we are asking for your help in advocating for Kansas public schools. It is not news to any of us, I would guess, that budget cuts...