Here’s some food for thought. We have concluded that some of the pro-charter, pro-voucher, pro-privatization, anti-funding voices in Kansas agree with The Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s Mike Petrilli as he expressed in a recent NY Times column. (Here’s his original column: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/12/10/are-charter-schools-cherry-picking-students/charters-can-do-whats-best-for-students-who-care.) Blogger parent Sarah Blaine expresses the same concerns...
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No comments Monthly Archives: January 2015
Kansas school districts prepare for LOB mail-in ballots
Watch for mail-in ballots for maintaining LOBs in districts across the state. An increase in LOB authority was part of HB 2506, and without it, many districts in Kansas would have net losses due to cuts that were made in other funding areas in that bill. Here’s an update from...
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Even many charter schools that are “nonprofits” are run by for-profit charter management organizations. “The contracts are an example of how the charter schools sometimes cede control of public dollars to private companies that have no legal obligation to act in the best interests of the schools or taxpayers. When...
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No comments Charter School Scandals Are the Newsmaker of the 2014
The Kansas legislature should not change our charter school law. “Forecasts about what 2015 will bring to the education landscape frequently foresee more charter schools as charter-friendly lawmakers continue to act witlessly to proliferate these schools. But make no mistake, the charter school scandals of 2014 forever altered the narrative...
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