“Educators also serve a special interest group–Kansas kids. I ask you to remember that the lobbyist I’m referring to in this editorial [KPI’s Dave Trabert] is paid to advance the same ideology that has our state on the brink of fiscal ruin but who won’t disclose by whom he is...
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Funding changes sought
These are not tweaks, and yes, this would set up schools and the children they serve for failure. These are bad ideas which cannot be separated from their end game: cut funding for schools until it’s low enough to fit the low revenue stream of the great Kansas experiment instead...
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Salina reports that education has long been held dear in Kansas, but that may be changing. “’Kansas has always placed a value on education,’ said Salina Superintendent of Schools Bill Hall. ‘It defines who we are.’ “However, in 2015, Kansas lawmakers will likely be looking for ways to decrease public...
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One of these letters explains cuts to education the Kansas way, “I suspect many are gnashing their teeth over this, but we are eating our seed corn with no concern about what the consequences are going to be. We can’t decimate the state budget without dire consequences.” Several of these...
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