Here is yet another example of why Florida is no model for Kansas, and Kansas should not change its laws to make it easier to open charters. This isn’t efficient use of taxpayer dollars. “Records show 12 charter schools have shut down in the last five years in the Broward...
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No comments Monthly Archives: January 2015
Kansas legislators attend ALEC conference
Is your legislator on this list? What bills for attacking public schools will they bring home? “Besides Merrick and Wagle, the other 16 House members listed by Legislative Administrative Services as attending this week’s ALEC meeting, all House Republicans, are: John Barker, Abilene; John Bradford, Lansing; Susan Concannon, Beloit; Erin...
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KASB has a new way to get in the game. “Most good ideas about education are out there, rising from the bottom up; from people who are familiar with what is happening in the classroom and from students and parents who have learned what works and know what is needed....
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This photo is from Kansas Policy Institute’s Facebook, celebrating Milton Friedman’s legacy. On the Bill Moyers ALEC episode we posted earlier http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-united-states-of-alec-a-follow-up/, you can go to 27:43 when he says it would be ideal to abolish public schools and the taxes that pay for them. KPI is part...
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