We’re watching what’s going on in Jefferson County, Colorado and trying to make sure it doesn’t happen here. There are some familiar names in this story. “Money from the billionaire Koch brothers is funding one side’s commercials and fliers, and upset parents, teachers and labor unions are pouring in cash...
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No comments Monthly Archives: November 2015
Teacher, parent and legislator encourage Olathe educators
A teacher, a parent and a pro-public education legislator walked into a room…and encouraged Olathe teachers to tune in and work to protect Kansas schools. Thank you Barb Casey, Judith Deedy and Representative Melissa Rooker....
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Many of us have gone from not paying attention to being stunned by what happens in Topeka. We would love to be able to sit in committee hearings more often, but our jobs and family responsibilities make that impossible; live streaming would shine a light on these meetings where much...
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No comments Legislative panel focusing on finding efficiencies, again
While we absolutely support efficiency in our schools, we think the legislature keeps hoping in vain that Kansas school funding issues will be solved by finding efficiencies that have somehow eluded them in the past. We had the governor’s efficiency commission in 2012 and the K-12 student performance and efficiency...
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