“A number of Republicans will challenge Kansas GOP representatives and senators in the August primaries. They are, on the whole, more moderate than those they seek to unseat — breaking with GOP legislative leaders on schools and taxes. “If successful, the insurgent candidates would represent at least a partial reversal to what has been a rising tide of hard-right conservatives in the Legislature over the past four years. They could chip away at the grip conservatives have over the House and Senate, especially if Democrats also pick up seats.” Read more here: http://cjonline.com/news/2016-03-31/frustrated-topeka-insurgent-gop-candidates-hope-upset-incumbents....
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Pratt superintendent says further cuts will affect class size
“’We’re at a point we can’t have any more reductions to the teaching staff,’ Patton said. “’Many of us (districts) have cut to the bare bone. We’ve been frugal as we can without impacting kids.’ “If the district has to make any more cuts, it will impact class size. They have reached the minimum number of teachers per student and there’s not room for a size change.” Read more here: http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20160402/NEWS/160409923....
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Here’s a helpful update on the adequacy portion of the Gannon case. Read it here: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2016/apr/03/school-funding-adequacy-next-big-question-kansas-s/....
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One of the women who walked all 3 days of the Kansas City/Merriam leg of this year’s walk to Topeka has written a poem reflecting on her experience and gave us permission to share it. Becky Schmidt Plate I have been pondering my experience since the Game On for Kansas Schools walk this year. I have been working on a new poem since and finished writing it this morning. Here it goes: Souls upon Soles Walking across Kansas dry straw stands in last year’s fields like so much blonde hair standing on end like a chill up her...
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