Last week a paid employee of a company that promotes vouchers claimed that vouchers had improved public education in Arizona. We meet monthly with members of Save Our Schools Arizona who vehemently dispute that claim. One former member’s story is being featured by Public Voices for Public Schools. “I left...
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No comments Monthly Archives: February 2022
If Teachers Quit, Our Schools Collapse
Please take a few minutes to read this editorial in the KC Star by Mará Rose Williams “The Kansas Legislature will consider at least nine bills related to how students are educated, granting parents more say on instruction, shifting public dollars to private schools and putting restrictions on testing. More...
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No comments Public Opposition to ESA Accounts – Read KASB’s Reporting on HB 2550
“Anderson said one private school rescinded his son’s admission after his diagnosis and the other private school, while extremely caring, did not have the professional training and services needed to help his son.“’If you want to make this bill work for families like mine, you would need to obligate private...
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No comments Game On Opposes Education Savings Account Bill HB 2550
We were among the 37 organizations and individuals providing testimony against HB 2550 (an Education Savings Account aka voucher bill) in the House K-12 Education Budget Committee. There were four proponents, the usual suspects – Kansas Policy Institute, Americans for Prosperity, Americans for Prosperity-Kansas and a representative from Ed Choice...
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