We oppose Kobach’s request for the court to end its jurisdiction over the Gannon case. “History shows that when Kansas legislators are left to their own devices, they fall back on bad habits that underfund the state’s community and neighborhood schools. That is a particular danger now, when the Republicans...
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No comments Monthly Archives: October 2023
State Assessments Rebound; Numerous Other Measures On the Rise
For the past several years we have objected to criticisms of test scores that didn’t acknowledge chronic underfunding and the impact of a global pandemic. We are putting the pandemic behind us, and the Gannon funding is finally phased in (though SPED underfunding is cutting into some of that progress),...
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“Judith Deedy, executive director of Game on Kansas, a public education advocacy group, said she was ‘vehemently’ opposed to the court giving up jurisdiction. “’This school year is the first year of full funding of the Gannon agreement,’ Deedy said, alluding to the last name of the lead plaintiff in...
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No comments Legislators looking to model Kansas ESAs after Arizona’s controversial program
The interim education committee meetings made clear that ESAs, with Arizona’s program as a model, will be coming back to the Kansas legislature in 2024. Watch this video to see why this is a terrible idea and why we will ask legislators why they’re ignoring the obvious problems with these...
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