“Discussions about changing judicial selection in Kansas started about 15 to 20 years ago because of court decisions requiring the Legislature to adopt constitutional funding for schools. The debate heated up again recently because the current school finance formula is set to expire next year. “Debate about the court’s makeup...
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No comments Monthly Archives: July 2026
Extremist Candidates Wreak Havoc on School Boards
In 2021 candidates supported by Moms for Liberty and the 1776 Project PAC took over several school boards in Kansas and wreaked havoc until the next election cycles when voters rejected extremists and restored order to their boards. Now we have a full slate of candidates supported by those organizations...
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Have you voted yet? Anti-public education candidates get elected by public education supporters who don’t vote. And we have a critically important constitutional amendment on the ballot which would fundamentally alter an institution that has protected public education funding for generations of Kansas kids. Please don’t sit on the sidelines...
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No comments Candidates Misuse NAEP Data
We are once again seeing candidates for Kansas Governor, State Board of Education and House misusing testing data, sometimes improperly citing NAEP statistics to disparage Kansas student achievement. They either don’t know or are intentionally lying by conflating NAEP proficient with grade level. We’re not sure which is worse but...
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