The situation in Jefferson County, Colorado is an important reminder that sometimes who is funding/promoting candidates is more telling than their campaign promises. Kansas parents need to be keeping a careful eye on when school board elections are held and who is getting involved behind the scenes in school board...
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No comments Monthly Archives: November 2015
Success Academy used “Got to Go” list
We don’t oppose charter schools, per se, but we have seen too many examples of charter schools that claim to be more successful than public schools while hiding that they utilize some highly questionable means, which would not be allowed in public schools. Here’s a recent example. “Success Academy, the...
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No comments ALEC legislation being pushed in Kansas legislature
“For example, House Bill 2035, introduced this year to amend state tax credits for low-income student scholarships, contained more than two dozen phrases also found in ALEC’s recommended Great Schools Tax Credit Program Act. “A school finance bill introduced in the 2014 session featured 168 words mirroring ALEC’s language in...
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No comments KPI email sent from partisan consulting firm
We have become painfully familiar with the Kansas Policy Institute, which is part of the State Policy Network, a national organization that promotes the ALEC agenda while pretending to be local and nonpartisan. Unfortunately, KPI is a major source of information for some legislators. KPI’s claims for being a non-partisan...
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