Lauren Van Wagoner is in the game! We know a lot of people are doing things they hadn’t done before-contacting legislators, politely talking politics with friends, learning how to unspin the spin on education policy and funding, walking 60 miles to Topeka and even running for office. “Van Wagoner joined...
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No comments Monthly Archives: February 2016
Superintendent Stufflembeam explains classroom spending
From the Twitterverse, Superintendent Darrel Stufflebeam (@dstuffelbeam) explaining “classroom” spending: “Things that do not count as ‘classroom spending’ (this will take more than one tweet): teacher training, food service, bus drivers,… “More things that do not count as “classroom spending”: natural gas, librarians, nurses, counselors, speech therapists, principals, … “Third...
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“Over the last several months, you may have heard elected state officials share that schools need to get more money into the classroom. Personally, I couldn’t agree more. The challenge, however, is that since 2009, schools in Kansas have experienced a decrease in state funding for the very budgets that...
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No comments Record levels of debt covering income tax revenue impact
The current administration is hiding the disastrous results of its tax policy by issuing record levels of debt (which will need to be paid). This does not bode well for the short-term or long-term future of school funding in Kansas. Do your friends understand this? “Six lines buried deep in...
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