Game On team, thank you for getting in the game for the 2023 school board elections! Notably, the 1776 Project PAC candidates were successful in 2 of the 13 seats they sought (including one in a district where there were 5 traditional candidates running for 4 seats and split the vote). The 1776ers got 0 seats in Blue Valley, which they claimed was their top priority in the country. None of the candidates JOCO Moms for Liberty supported won their elections. At least a couple districts have taken their boards back from extremists. Originally posted on Facebook on...
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Advocates refute calls for “an end to Social Emotional Learning” at state BOE meeting
In late September, the Kansas Republican Party passed a resolution calling for an end to Social Emotional Learning (SEL). We heard that multiple people were planning to offer public comments at today’s State Board of Education meeting in Topeka, so our own Judith Deedy spoke to encourage the board to continue to support SEL. We believe SEL benefits our students. It is unfortunate that the Republican party is engaging in such a misguided effort. There was a significant amount of misinformation and confusion about what SEL is and isn’t contained in both the resolution and in the comments...
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Leave a Comment School board elections results show that Kansans reject extremism and support public education
Before we wrap today, I would like to note that far-right conservative candidates appear to have fallen short in Johnson County and Baldwin City school board races. According to the Game on for Kansas Schools group, ‘It was a very good election (though not perfect) for traditional candidates and a very bad election for extremists across the state.’ “Can we now finally put to rest the ridiculous idea that a vast majority of Kansans are clamoring for drastic changes to their public schools? “Far-right ideologues see public education as a Trojan Horse to inject their poisonous ideas into...
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Leave a Comment Resilience and improvement in Kansas public schools, despite underfunded years
We have just gone through years of underfunding our schools, lengthy court cases and political battles to finally get adequate and equitable funding, and we have recently experienced the worst disruption to education in a century — the COVID pandemic. “And here is how we have emerged from these significant obstacles: Our high school graduation rate is the highest it has ever been, including subgroups. Now, our critics say, “Well, you’re graduating them, but they aren’t prepared for working or college.” But that’s just not true because the percentage of students who are going on to get postsecondary...
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