An Op-Ed in the Kansas Reflector by Liz Meitl asks why the Legislature is advancing neovoucher schemes at this time.
What would seem reasonable, then, would be for Kansas’ elected leaders to take this moment to celebrate the amazing, inspiring work of educators, and to help us support our students as we exhaustedly stumble towards the last phase of this horrible time in our country’s history.
But that is not what the Kansas legislature is doing.
In fact, they have chosen this moment, when school districts all across the state are trying to figure out how to bring students back to in-person instruction, how to get their teachers vaccinated, and how to implement standardized testing for students who have had anything but a standardized experience, to introduce ALEC-sponsored legislation designed to undercut funding for public schools.
Kansas Reflector, Liz Meitl, February 9, 2021.
Originally posted to Facebook 2/9/2021.