“Multiple key legislators WANT TO BRING THIS TO KANSAS and they refuse to put provisions into bills that would prevent this kind of abuse even though we keep pointing out stories like this one. The inescapable conclusion is that the abuse is a feature, not a bug. For what feels...
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No comments Monthly Archives: September 2023
New York 1776 Project is trying to impose right-wing politics on Kansas school boards
This time they’re going after Blue Valley, Lansing, Chanute and Baldwin City. “In Blue Valley, 1776 Project members were the lone votes to ban LGBT-themed books last year. And one of the Olathe winners — Brian Connell — this spring was censured for his ‘pattern of outbursts, yelling and storming...
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No comments Kansas Lawmakers Disparage Public Education to Home-schoolers
Senators Molly Baumgardner and Beverly Gossage and Representatives Chris Croft and Rebecca Schmoe gave disparaging comments about public schools and promoted homeschooling and preventing any oversight of homeschools at a recent event which the Kansas City Star addressed. We’d also like to know if any of them have seen “Shiny...
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No comments Abundant evidence indicates Kansans should keep saying no to ESA programs
“Studies indicate that after traditional voucher expansions, the private school market floods with new pop-up providers. That’s exactly what is happening with the ESA-style expansions in Arizona now. Many new schools are nearly or entirely funded by the ESA payments—just as the average private school in older voucher programs was....
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