In recent elections in multiple states, voters rejected vouchers. Supporting vouchers is not conservative, it’s radical and harmful. Watch this video narrated by Jennifer Berkshire, author of The Education Wars and recent visitor to Kansas. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DExjXCiOaLT...
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KIFA Pledge to Support Legislators that Support Kansas Public Schools
We expect vouchers to be an issue this legislative session and beyond. It can be hard for legislators to represent their constituents and stand against pressure to pass vouchers. Our friends at KIFA have created this petition as a pledge to support those legislators who support public schools and the children and communities they serve. Please sign it and share! Here’s the link: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/kansas-public-dollars-for-kansas-public-schools...
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Leave a Comment Join Us for a Panel Discussion on the Harm that Vouchers and “School Choice” do to Students
It’s so important to be informed about how harmful vouchers are as we head into the next legislative session. Our own Judith Deedy will be on this panel with Josh Cowen, author of The Privateers, and Leah Fliter from KASB. Join us! https://www.facebook.com/events/442080432175980...
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Leave a Comment School choice backers keep changing their story
We have been in multiple meetings with Nancy Loome of Mississippi and agree with her editorial here. Vouchers started out as a way to fund segregation academies and have continued to fail to provide quality education to children not already attending private schools. We are watching for voucher bills in the Kansas legislature this session. We hope you are, too. “The school choice crowd can’t seem to get their story straight. The first iteration of their campaign to use state tax dollars to subsidize private schools came in 1954 in response to Brown vs. the Board of Education....
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