This New Jersey editorial is very well done. Just substitute Kansas for New Jersey, Kansas Policy Institute for Pacific Research Institute, and Koch brothers for Walton Family Foundation, and it is applicable here. “The school-choice debate is delicate and complex. The core idea of providing students with options to escape an urban jungle is laudable. Charter schools have their place in settings where the need is greatest. But many school-choice advocates have other goals — public funding for religious schools, for example, or a broad privatization of our education system that would, among other things, break teacher unions…...
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February revenue short $53 million
Well, this doesn’t bode well for school funding. “Gov. Sam Brownback announced a $17 million cut to the state’s universities Tuesday after tax receipts fell short of expectations in February. “Kansas missed tax revenue estimates by about $53 million last month, putting the state back in a budget hole for the current fiscal year, which ends June 30.” Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article63340222.html#storylink=cpy...
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“The poll showed 77 percent of those responding want funding for public education in Kansas to increase. Only 7 percent would seek a reduction in appropriations to education. “’It doesn’t surprise me,’ said Mark Desetti, a lobbyist with the Kansas-National Education Association. ‘There’s a lot of parents out there who think it’s all in jeopardy. I think they are seeing through the rhetoric, because they’re seeing the reality.’ “Meanwhile, 52 percent rejected consolidation of Kansas public school districts. One-fourth were neutral on the topic and 24 percent either somewhat or strongly supported consolidation.” Read more here: http://cjonline.com/news/state/2016-02-29/kansas-poll-shows-deep-disapproval-us-congress-brownback...
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Leave a Comment Get educated on ALEC with help from Women for Kansas
Are your legislators representing you or promoting the ALEC agenda (which includes undermining support for public education and putting public funds into private hands without corresponding accountability)? Sharing from Women for Kansas: ALEC: The most influential corporate-funded political force most of America has never heard of. Download a copy of the 2015-2016 booklet Kansas Legislature* Members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) booklet at http://womenforkansas.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/AlecExposedBooklet.pdf Also available, “Why our elected officials are outsourcing their duties to the ALEC corporate bill mill” handout at http://womenforkansas.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ALECHandoutColorSinglePgs.pdf Compiled from the Center for Media and Democracy’s Source Watch, a collaborative directory of people,...
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