“But by shelving Kansas’ school funding formula and replacing it with block grants that freeze state aid levels for the next two years, lawmakers are actually throwing schools behind, said Mark Tallman, associate executive director for advocacy at the Kansas Association of School Boards. “This state is not keeping up...
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No comments Monthly Archives: August 2015
KASB rebuts governor’s claims on KS teacher salaries
“This data indicates that both Missouri and Kansas salary amounts have been consistently below the national average since 1970. It also indicates that for 1990 and 2010, Kansas’ average teacher salary was above Missouri’s. However, the data for the two most recent years shows Kansas and Missouri with virtually identical...
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“‘Oh, I think it’s a war on public education, that began ten, twelve, fifteen years ago. It’s been very incremental, and it’s been erosive to the point, maybe it’s one of those things, you may not notice it. Like rust on a car, you don’t realize it and all of...
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Wisconsin legislator Chris Taylor reports from ALEC’s San Diego meeting. “As if not to be undone, public education provokes as strong of ALEC ire as the EPA. “Their strategy on privatizing public education continues to evolve, and is now more focused on co-opting middle-income families by convincing them that public...
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