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Ohio has been a “leader” in the charter school expansion project. We vote to skip that one. “But the straightforward experiment went off the rails when some clever operators figured out how to get rich by sponsoring charter schools. And to keep the gravy flowing, they began making major political contributions to the lawmakers who control the gravy.” http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2016/05/26/1-charter-schools-purpose-forgotten.html?utm_content=buffere8a62&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer...

Scrolling through our old posts on our Facebook page, we found this from May 10, 2012: “Yesterday the House hijacked the political process and sent a tax bill to the governor’s desk the Senate did not intend to be its final say on the matter. The parties will return to the table, but the threat of unmanageable tax cuts and corresponding funding cuts loom large immediately after the legislature looked poised to pass between $50 and $75 million in increased funding for education. Remember this in August and November.”...

“Current GOP legislative leaders and Gov. Sam Brownback risked this trouble by decimating the tax base in their misguided 2012 effort to eliminate state income taxes. The constitution cannot be set aside, along with students’ best interests, because the state is now struggling to cover its budget. And complying with the court would be no problem, of course, if the Legislature and Brownback maintained the 7.5 percent ending balance required by state law and had $485 million to spare.” Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/opinion/editorials/article80579302.html#storylink=cpy...