Goddard Board of Education incumbent/candidate Jenny Simmons shared this list of positions. This is makes a nice set of questions to ask candidates. Originally published on Facebook on Oct. 25th, 2023....
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Extremist Candidate running for Olathe School Board
We support Claire Reagan who’s running against Moms For Liberty candidate Holly Palacio. Originally published on Facebook on Oct. 24th, 2023....
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Leave a Comment Kris Kobach wants to end the lawsuit keeping Kansas public schools funded. Awful idea
We oppose Kobach’s request for the court to end its jurisdiction over the Gannon case. “History shows that when Kansas legislators are left to their own devices, they fall back on bad habits that underfund the state’s community and neighborhood schools. That is a particular danger now, when the Republicans who run the legislative branch have made plain their desire to divert tax dollars from public education to vouchers for home and private schooling… “A little bit of background is helpful here. The Gannon case was actually the second big lawsuit this century against the state for its...
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Leave a Comment State Assessments Rebound; Numerous Other Measures On the Rise
For the past several years we have objected to criticisms of test scores that didn’t acknowledge chronic underfunding and the impact of a global pandemic. We are putting the pandemic behind us, and the Gannon funding is finally phased in (though SPED underfunding is cutting into some of that progress), and scores are rising and other measures of student success are also increasing. Now let’s keep going. See the full report here: https://www.kasb.org/45132?articleID=143670&fbclid=IwAR3o4byurPaZ7f7RMUH0OJWRsmu8bsUyqkpHZ54PAAEf74x6Y5fNBW0gf_I Originally posted on Facebook on Oct. 17, 2023....
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