Good night, Dodge City! Thanks for inviting parent public education advocates from Game On, Goddard Advocates for Public Education and Educate Andover to visit your community. We’re psyched you’re getting in the game! Originally posted to Facebook on 2/26/2018....
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KASB’s Dr. John Heim Thoughts on Upcoming Education Funding Study
Good explanation, Dr. Heim. “It will be important to learn about and understand some critical aspects of the study. The first concerns the assumptions being made in the formulation of funding models. Does the researcher assume that all districts are alike, or is the researcher making assumptions about variations in local districts that need to be accommodated? Functions such as school and district size, location, population density, demographics and cost-of-living are assumed to affect funds necessary for educating students in our current finance model. Will they be included in this new study? “Another set of assumptions has to...
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Leave a Comment A Letter from Mayor Sly James to Students
In the wake of the Parkland, Florida school shooting, our friends at Johnson County Educators asked us to share this KC Star letter to students by KC Mayor Sly James. “It’s time for you to unite to protect yourselves. You have to make your voices heard and your faces seen. Don’t listen to those who tell you that you are powerless, too young, or don’t have enough money. Acting together you can be powerful if you are visible and insistent. You aren’t too young to die, so you are, by definition, old enough to fight for your lives....
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Leave a Comment Rural Messenger Editorial re: Dale Dennis
We believe the attack on Dale Dennis’ work is a political game. Read this editorial for a colorful description of the issue. The schemes of desperate politicians Originally posted to Facebook on 2/15/2018....
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