Is Florida a model for Kansas? Does this help explain why the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, AFP and KPI, all organizations primarily focused on tax and business policy, are big advocates of expanded charter schools? The following article posted by Diane Ravitch is by Patricia W. Hall, chair of the...
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No comments Monthly Archives: July 2014
Legislators show disdain for teachers and public education
Many of us in Game On have reluctantly come to the conclusion that too many of our current legislators actually don’t support public schools or teachers. The first step is to identify the problem. The second step is to do something about it. Get informed and vote in August and...
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No comments Education groups energized for primaries
Help us get more moms, dads, grandparents and friends to the polls in August and November and help them understand that AFP/ALEC/Kansas Chamber “reforms” aren’t about students as much as they are about privatizing and spending less on public education. http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article643175.html...
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No comments NYT sees charlatans and cranks dictating Kansas policy
“So how did the charlatans and cranks end up dictating policy in Kansas, and to a more limited extent in other states? Follow the money. For the Brownback tax cuts didn’t emerge out of thin air. They closely followed a blueprint laid out by the American Legislative Exchange Council, or...
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