We have done a few posts on the email Rep. Schwab sent directly to Olathe teachers, which attacked Superintendent Berry and contained multiple misstatements of fact. Olathe NEA has done a great job of rebutting some of his assertions, and we are sharing that piece below. We will add that...
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No comments Monthly Archives: October 2015
Ed Berger on saving public schools in Arizona
We face these same issues and same opponents in Kansas. We find it beyond ironic that the very same people who argue for increasing efficiency and consolidation in Kansas public schools also argue for greatly expanding charter schools in Kansas and removing the provisions that have kept charters in our...
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“A special legislative committee charged with studying ways to finance public schools in Kansas held its first meeting Friday, October 23rd but it did not even begin discussion of a new funding formula. “Instead, the Special Committee on K-12 Student Success sifted through a mountain of data about how schools...
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No comments Lawmakers continue to bully school districts
“For now, as Schwab’s recent email and Brownback’s continued comments show, GOP lawmakers seem content to bully school districts that dare to speak out on how taxpayers could finance better K-12 education in Kansas.” http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article41224263.html...
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