From the Women for Kansas Convention August 30. “I don’t know much about the Ds and Rs, but I do know that Kansas public schools need leaders that can earn an ‘E for supporting education’ next to their name.” – Lindsay Baltzell, 11-year-old student from Topeka. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRp59-U4eKg&list=PLixAMwVPwfKOi0eFxzmn_2OGD0uRCq9fF&index=15...
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No comments Monthly Archives: October 2014
Dept of Ed working on controversial tax credit scholarship program
The Department of Education is working on the tax credit “scholarship” program passed as part of HB 2506 at the end of last session. We opposed passage of this ALEC boilerplate bill because it further depletes the state general fund, it requires no accountability on the part of the nonpublic...
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“That plan is built on the notion that somehow, some way, Kansas can become a mini-Texas with dynamic growth. However, Kansas does not have the revenues from oil and gas to offset the elimination of income taxes… “The day of reckoning is coming and coming soon. “Then will follow the...
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No comments Game On’s efforts described in Mother Jones
Members of Game On’s leadership group (including parents, teachers and other community members) didn’t set out to be political activists. We just became fed up with policies and perspectives that fail to adequately support our public schools and the children they serve. Case in point Devin Wilson is featured in...
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