“But what if that story isn’t just about businesses anymore? What if instead of a closed factory or shuttered store, the story is about a closed public school? What if the consequence of these types of business decisions’ isn’t a grown man having to look for another job or an elderly woman having to figure out a new way to pick up her prescriptions, but a child having his or her education significantly disrupted or a whole community left without convenient access to schools?” Read more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/03/17/the-walmartization-of-public-education/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fcard....
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Update on status of school finance discussions
It’s hard to keep up with the status of the school finance discussions right now. Here’s a helpful update from March 16: http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article66479322.html....
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Leave a Comment Legislators hope for quick passage and district consolidation
“An influential Republican legislator said he’s hoping an education funding bill will clear the Legislature by the end of next week on the same day a GOP colleague suggested that consolidating public school districts could help in making the distribution of state dollars fairer.” Read more here: http://m.therepublic.com/view/story/fded151dd38c4ebf93c66fbd9d288a05/KS–Kansas-Legislature....
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Leave a Comment Kansans speak up for schools and libraries
“On Monday, the Kansas Legislature had no choice but to hear a different point of view – and that’s because at least for a day, the people of Kansas remembered that this is their government – and that they have the right to lobby, assemble and tell the people that serve them to start doing a better job. “To see so many people take the time and effort to speak up for the interests of ordinary Kansans is encouraging. Such events can make a difference, demonstrate to others that the politial process isn’t entirely hopeless and remind the...
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