Well said, Manhattan School Board member Aaron Estabrook. “Public Education is not a partisan issue! As a Board we represent all people in a non-partisan way. I have been told by many Republican legislators that the extremism which has taken root in Topeka is determined to dismantle Public Education in...
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No comments Monthly Archives: October 2015
Out-of-state billionaires funding school board races in takeover attempts
Kansans understand that moving school board elections to the fall, which the legislature voted to do last session, is related to the problem described in this article, right? Supportive school boards are an obstacle to the privatization of public education. Moving elections from the spring, when more moderate voters turn...
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No comments KS Chamber head draws ovations misrepresenting school spending information
The 65% policy has been refuted over and over (including by the 2 most recent legislative appointed committees tasked with studying school efficiency) yet it continues to be used by those who know or should know better to rally for cuts in education spending and promotion of school “choice” aka...
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No comments SMSD cites crippling losses due to funding crisis in Gannon brief
“The funding crisis has led to a crippling loss of teachers, loss of foreign language programs, larger class sizes, closure of neighborhood schools, and loss of property values,” it said. Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article38258241.html...
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