“There’s a new ad campaign that is sarcastic but funny and reflects something real: many public schools and teachers don’t nearly enough resources. “#SaidNoSchoolEver is being promoted by Hefty, the trash bag company, and the Havas Worldwide Chicago ad agency, with 30-second spots in which teachers say things such as:...
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No comments Monthly Archives: August 2015
Catholic schools getting funds from anonymous grantors in tax credit program
“In just a few months, a Catholic foundation has raised more than half a million dollars under a controversial new program to fund private school education for scores of low-income children in northeast Kansas, including Topeka and the Kansas City area. “The Catholic Education Foundation is the largest of five...
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No comments Do your legislators send their children to public, private or home school?
Game On team, as we have learned more about legislators and their views on public education, we have come to the conclusion that many legislators don’t choose public education for their families. They are absolutely entitled to make that choice, but we believe that is relevant to (though not completely...
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No comments Grassroots groups pushing back on ALEC agenda
“But, Chris Suellentrop, nephew of Rep. Gene Suellentrop, R-Wichita, may not know his uncle Gene is associated with a nonprofit group disguised as a lobbying organization called the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which meets in secret with nonelected lobbyists, who write the bills that have created the mess we...
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