“Head Start and other high quality, early childhood programs give Kansas’ younger, more vulnerable children a solid foundation for health and learning. They’re a wise and necessary investment in the state’s future. “Yet Brownback, who tried to tout healthy families as the way to economic prosperity, actually saw childhood poverty...
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How Jeffco parents beat Koch money to reclaim their district
“Jeffco was able to push back against political agendas and outside money because we came together as a community,” parent Kelly Johnson tells me. “Parents, grandparents, business owners, community leaders, students, teachers, Republicans, Democrats, and unaffiliated voters all came together to educate others and make sure they had factual information.”...
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“’I just feel so sad for our state,’ [Rep. Susie] Swanson said, ‘that our system is so upside down that we take talented, qualified, thoughtful people off of important committee because they were told, some of them, ‘You didn’t vote right.’ As for you all in the field of education,...
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No comments Merck displays strong-arm style in purging committees
“Drafting good legislation for Kansas is rarely a priority for Merrick, a Republican from Stilwell. His goal is to squelch knowledgeable, independent voices on an important issue. Merrick has also purged the education committee of legislators who disagree with him and Gov. Sam Brownback on school funding and other matters.”...
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