Is this the kind of choice for low-income students we want in Kansas? The Kansas legislature just opened the door. “The head of a former Milwaukee voucher school has been indicted by a federal grand jury on counts of mail fraud and money laundering. . . While L.E.A.D.E.R. was part...
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No comments Monthly Archives: May 2014
Helpful recap of passage of education finance bill from Republican Rep. Stephanie Clayton
Here’s a helpful recap of the passage of the education finance bill by Republican Rep. Stephanie Clayton: On Friday, April 4th, the Kansas House passed an excellent bill that would have brought the most money to Johnson County Schools, allowed us to increase our Local Option Budget, and provided for...
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No comments Eagle editorial pans elimination of teacher due process
“The amendment eliminating due-process rights for K-12 teachers was necessary to assure passage of the larger school-funding bill, according to some conservatives. If so, you’d expect proponents at least to be clear on what the provision did, both before and after the vote. No doubt committee hearings would have helped,...
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No comments We are real parents in a real crisis
“As Lorde sings, ‘we’ll never be royals,’ feted by corporate education reformers. Nor are we teacher union pawns. We’re real parents in a real crisis. And maybe, just maybe, if politicians look us in the eye, our children and their truly public schools might get the support they so desperately...
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