TBT in honor of school choice week. We did this post a while ago but it’s worth repeating. Quote of the day from the 1980 Libertarian presidential platform in 1980 when David Koch was the Vice Presidential candidate: “We advocate the complete separation of education and State. Government schools lead to the indoctrination of children and interfere with the free choice of individuals. Government ownership, operation, regulation, and subsidy of schools and colleges should be ended.” Kansans should remember that the Koch brothers and their funded entities including Americans for Prosperity and the Kansas Policy Institute have a...
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Reno County perspective on district consolidation
Here’s perspective from Reno County on the school district consolidation bill. “’I don’t hear anybody in the state clamoring for this,’ said Hutchinson USD 308 Board of Education President Jeff Nichols. “Such decisions need to be made by local voters, Nichols said. ‘Not by partisan hacks in Topeka that have political agendas,’ he said… “Hutchinson USD 308 school board member Tad Dower said, speaking personally, he’s not opposed to looking at the issue of consolidation… “Laura Meyer Dick, president of the Buhler USD 313 school board, said she personally saw very few benefits in the bill. “’When I...
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In honor of school choice week, and the rally being hosted by Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity tomorrow, we’re sharing this article. To be clear, we support school choice. In Kansas, we have traditional public schools, magnet schools, charter schools, private secular and religious schools, and home schools, and we wouldn’t take any of those choices away. We oppose the diversion of public tax dollars away from public schools for the benefit of non-public schools that don’t serve all children and have no accountability, especially given how the school choice movement has become a vehicle for dismantling support for...
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Leave a Comment Kevin Huffman describes inability to shut down failing K12 school
In honor of school choice week, we’re sharing this article by Kevin Huffman, who has been a supporter of choice describe his experience trying to shut down a failing e-school. “And yet, the ‘marketplace’ fails when we are not able to ensure that parents know that the school they are choosing has a running track record of failure. Clearly, there is a critical regulatory role, and we cannot simply assume that an unfettered choice environment will automatically lead to good outcomes. “In theory, K12, Inc’s stock should be hammered by its terrible performance in Tennessee, but it’s actually...
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