“Discussions about changing judicial selection in Kansas started about 15 to 20 years ago because of court decisions requiring the Legislature to adopt constitutional funding for schools. The debate heated up again recently because the current school finance formula is set to expire next year. “Debate about the court’s makeup did not begin due to some lofty goal of promoting democracy, but because the Kansas Supreme Court is the last bulwark defending our state’s constitutional requirement that all Kansas kids receive an adequate and equitable education, regardless of where they grow up.” If you care about Kansas public...
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Extremist Candidates Wreak Havoc on School Boards
In 2021 candidates supported by Moms for Liberty and the 1776 Project PAC took over several school boards in Kansas and wreaked havoc until the next election cycles when voters rejected extremists and restored order to their boards. Now we have a full slate of candidates supported by those organizations running for the State Board of Education, including in the Republican primaries in Districts 5 and 9. We support Jean Clifford and Destry Brown in those races. We are re-sharing this post to remind voters what’s at risk. Posted on November 2023: School board elections are so important!...
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Have you voted yet? Anti-public education candidates get elected by public education supporters who don’t vote. And we have a critically important constitutional amendment on the ballot which would fundamentally alter an institution that has protected public education funding for generations of Kansas kids. Please don’t sit on the sidelines of this very important primary election. Each of us only has one vote, and no one can cast yours for you. Many parents of school aged children will be on vacation next week. If your family will be gone, please go vote this week....
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We are once again seeing candidates for Kansas Governor, State Board of Education and House misusing testing data, sometimes improperly citing NAEP statistics to disparage Kansas student achievement. They either don’t know or are intentionally lying by conflating NAEP proficient with grade level. We’re not sure which is worse but we are sure that we see this misuse most often by candidates who do not support our public schools. We all want our schools to improve but we caution against candidates who spend their campaign resources criticizing public school student achievement and urging support for vouchers. Even when...
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