We’ve heard legislators accuse school districts of artificially inflating free and reduced lunch numbers to bolster funding, and we’ve heard people talk about achievement gaps while glossing over the very large and very real increase in numbers of children living in poverty in our state. Read this article for a...
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No comments Monthly Archives: March 2014
Please sign petition to pass a clean education budget bill
ACTION ALERT! Education budget petition! **Pass a Clean Education Budget Bill Now.** Restore millions in budget cuts made to K12 school districts, with no strings attached. Kansas should act swiftly to pass a clean appropriations bill to restore past education budget cuts by the July 1 deadline, as set by the...
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No comments ALEC is coming to Kansas City May 1st and 2nd
Many of the bad education bills we have seen in Kansas have a common origin: ALEC. They’re holding their spring meeting in Kansas City. Join Stand up to ALEC in KC! Friday, May 2 at 11:30am Kansas City Marriott Downtown in Kansas City, Missouri...
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No comments Legislature attempting to handle education matters outside education committees
The reason these education “reform” bills have been stalling in committee and on the floor is that they are bad ideas that have been tried in other states, don’t work, but do create many other problems. That’s why it is irresponsible to remove them from the education committees and place...
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