“As Kansans await a final decision in the lawsuit over whether school funding is constitutional, both candidates for governor say they’re champions of K-12 public schools. But what’s a voter to make of the dueling and contradictory campaign claims? It helps to consult superintendents, who report an educational system under...
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No comments Monthly Archives: October 2014
Andover among districts with overcrowded classrooms
Many Kansas parents are seeing increases in their children’s class sizes. “‘My son came home and said ‘dad we even have direction we can walk in the classroom,’ said Josh Bowland, father of fourth grade student. ‘It is like they have street signs in the class, they can only walk...
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Will you be an education voter this November? Will your family and friends? “Kansas mom Heather Ousley was incensed by the school finance bill the Kansas legislature passed last spring. Legislators acted under the cover of darkness to add late-night amendments that had nothing to do with making sure that...
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No comments Koch ties to KU Center for Applied Economics concerning
KU’s Center for Applied Economics is headed by a former Koch lobbyist who has written for KPI and ALEC. We are concerned about lobbyists masquerading as academics. “From 1997 to 2004, [Art] Hall was chief economist of Koch Industries’ lobbying subsidiary, Koch Companies Public Sector. Now heading an institution operating...
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