Happy New Year! We hope you have enjoyed the holidays and are getting ready to advocate for our community schools and they children they serve. The 2022 legislative session starts later this month. To kick things off, here’s another explanation of why vouchers (aka “school choice”) are not an effective...
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No comments Monthly Archives: January 2022
New Pro-public Education PAC in KS…Freedom to Learn
There’s a new pro-public education PAC in Johnson County. Check them out. (As a reminder, Game On is a 501(c)(4) and not a PAC.) https://www.facebook.com/FreedomToLearnKS/ Originally posted to Facebook 1/20/2022...
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No comments Newsweek Opinion – Support Teachers
“Because of how much teachers do for students and communities, they’re expected to cure all societal ills. And when schools shut down, teachers get blamed, endlessly alternating between hero and villain. It’s easier to scapegoat teachers than it is to hold politicians accountable for investing in schools and providing pandemic...
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No comments Again…Vouchers Don’t Work
The first voucher bill of the Kansas session was introduced yesterday. We strongly oppose vouchers whether they are called “tax credit scholarships” or “education savings accounts” or something else because the data show they do not help struggling students, they lack basic accountability measures and they take public money at...
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