Game On for Kansas Schools is releasing its roster for the August 4, 2026 primary races for Governor, State Board of Education, and the Kansas House of Representatives. The candidates we believe will be the best advocates for public education are on our roster, while incumbents who have repeatedly failed to support public education are “Benched for academic ineligibility.” Kansas students, educators and their families are counting on you to be an informed voter. This roster is for candidates with contested primaries. We will release additional rosters for the general elections after the August primaries. Originally posted to...
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Kansas State Board of Education
These are the candidates we believe will be the best members of the State Board of Education. Importantly, none of them are being bolstered by Moms for Liberty or the Project 1776 PAC. These races are so important but don’t attract as much attention as others. Please be an informed voter. Origianlly posted on facebook on October 14, 2026...
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Leave a Comment Public Education was not Created to Turn a Profit
So much this! Please remember this when you hear people contrast private school tuition and even when you hear people talk about average cost per pupil (a number that is distorted by the more expensive kids) From Public School Apologist “One of the easiest ways to make a public school more cost-effective would be to stop educating the children who cost the most money. Think about it. A business can decide a customer is too expensive to serve. It can close an unprofitable location. It can discontinue a service that doesn’t generate enough revenue. Public schools don’t have...
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Leave a Comment Vouchers Create a New Taxpayer Subsidy
Vouchers create a new taxpayer subsidy for private schools and people who can already afford private school and allow the state to pay a relatively small per pupil figure to abandon poorer children. This piece by Bruce Baker highlights the abandonment. It also notes two kinds of experiments resulting in massive failures for children who get just one opportunity to obtain a K-12 education-tax policy experiments and voucher experiments. If we get Ty Masterson as governor we’ll get both and our children will face devastating losses. “The 18-year-old is, in the Kansas panel’s words, a subject of an...
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Leave a Comment Remember the Six Percent Across-the-Board Funding Cut Proposal?
Remember back in 2015 when Ty Masterson proposed a 6% across-the-board funding cut rather than trying to fix the tax plan disaster? We do. Vote like your public schools depend on it. Originally posted on facebook on October 12, 2026...
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