The Kansas State Board of Education is at risk of being taken over by extremists. We believe these candidates, including incumbents Chair Melanie Haas and Betty Arnold, will be strong, traditional board members who will ensure Kansas children get the best opportunity for a high quality education....
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The future of Kansas public schools is on the ballot. So are culture war candidates
“The Kansas State Board of Education often goes unnoticed, both by voters and the media, in the hurly-burly of state politics. It would be a mistake to overlook these races this fall. The future of our schools — and the young Kansans they educate — is at stake.” “The Kansas State Board of Education is often ignored by voters. There are exceptions. Most Kansans can remember two decades ago, when the board’s then-conservative majority brought international embarrassment to the state by pushing a proposal to teach creationist ‘intelligent design’ theory in the state’s public schools. The measure was...
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Leave a Comment Vouchers are a Scam
Vouchers are a scam, eligibility does not equal access, and helping poor kids is a pretext. You cannot look at the programs in Arizona and elsewhere and come to any other conclusions. “But the question remains whether quality private schools, interested in making a profit, will have any reason to build new locations in South or West Phoenix, where most parents can’t pay tuition beyond their $7,000 voucher. So far, in these areas of the city, the free market has mostly just provided strip-mall, storefront private schools as well as what are called microschools, with little on their...
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Leave a Comment Backpack Full of Cash October 10th, 5:30pm Wichita
Anti-public education forces are trying to bring vouchers to Kansas. Join us for our free Merriam screening of Backpack Full of Cash on Thursday, October 10th at 5:30 pm at The Wichita Advanced Learning Library (711 West 2nd St N, Wichita, KS 67203). Learn about the devastating impacts of school privatization and how to protect your kids and their community schools. Narrated by Matt Damon, this 96-minute documentary explores the growing privatization of public schools and the resulting impact on America’s most vulnerable children. Filmed in Philadelphia, New Orleans, Nashville and elsewhere, BACKPACK also features genuine heroes like the...
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