This is a collaborative message released on-behalf of KASB, USA|Kansas, KSSA and KNEA Our Kansas public schools are great. Every day teachers, principals, superintendents, support professionals and school leaders work magic in our classrooms and districts statewide. The results are there. Working with parents and communities, Kansas schools rank in the top ten nationally across numerous measures, including reading and math tests, high school completion and college preparation. The Kansas education community is proud of these results and Kansas parents feel confident sending their children to our public schools every day. But our heartfelt desire is to move...
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Release from KAC on KEY
Here’s a release from our friends at Kansas Action for Children. RELEASE: Brownback budget recommends dismantling of Kansas’ early-childhood legacy Email, RSS Follow FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 13, 2016 TOPEKA – This morning, in his updated FY 2016-2017 budget recommendations, Gov. Sam Brownback called for the dismantling of Kansas’ system of funding for critical early childhood programs. “This isn’t just a short-sighted budget recommendation,” said Shannon Cotsoradis, President and CEO of Kansas Action for Children. “This will dismantle one of Kansas’ most innovative, forward-thinking legacies. Kansas was the first to establish an endowment in an effort to ensure...
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Leave a Comment Kansas a place to raze schools
We unfortunately agree with these conclusions, but we’re working to change the direction we’re heading right now. “Those days are over. There’s nothing wonderful about having a governor and a state legislature that view public education as the enemy. The zealots that Kansas voters have put into office have refused for years to fund our schools adequately. They are like vultures sitting above our children’s playgrounds, licking their lips (well, if vultures had lips) in anticipation of the day when the public says, ‘Ok. Turn it all over to the private sector. It’s not working anymore.’ “Do they...
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Leave a Comment Koesten to challenge Lunn in Republican primary
“Two term incumbent Rep. Jerry Lunn of south Overland Park has drawn a challenger in the Republican race for the District 28 House seat he’s occupied since 2013. “Joy Koesten of south Leawood filed late last month for the August 2 primary. No Democrats have filed for the race to date. “Koesten’s campaign said in a release announcing her candidacy that she’s running as an “Eisenhower Republican” focused on encouraging critical thought and the preservation of Kansas’s traditionally high quality of life…Bank of Blue Valley President and CEO Bob Regnier is serving as Koesten’s treasurer.” Read more here: http://bluevalleypost.com/2016/01/13/incumbent-jerry-lunn-draws-challenge-from-joy-koesten-in-dist-28-gop-primary-44085...
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