12/29/2015 The Winfield Daily Courier: Courier Views “The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld its own constitutional authority. By ruling against a law that would have diminished that authority, the court told the legislature to stay in its place. Several new conservative voices, including those of Justice Caleb Stegall and House Speaker Ray Merrick, have implied that the court, too, should stay in its place. “Without being specific, they suggest the principle of separation of powers should keep the courts from ‘interfering’ with school funding. “This might be considered consistent. “But when it comes to the Constitution’s requirement for ‘suitable’...
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Ohio district sues state board for money lost to charters
We continue to watch how the charter experiment is going in Ohio. “In its resolution, the Claymont board said, ‘Charter schools as a group in Ohio demonstrate low academic performance compared to traditional schools, and … the fraud and corruption in charter schools, as reported repeatedly in the public media, has made Ohio the laughing-stock throughout the nation.'” Read more here: http://m.timesreporter.com/article/20151217/NEWS/151219406...
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Leave a Comment Cherry Picking Data, Tricksters & the Assault on Kansas Public Education
Thank you for putting this together, Marcel Harmon. We’re working on this defense. “Governor Brownback, his ultra-conservative allies in the Kansas legislature and the Kansas Policy Institute (KPI) have been fairly bold in their misrepresentation of data, in general and specifically in their attacks on public education. Likely they vary as to how explicitly they recognize their own data misrepresentation, with some believing their misrepresentations to be true and others justifying their actions through their end goals (one being the privatization of public education). In all cases their beliefs and actions are reinforced through self-imposed isolation from those...
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Leave a Comment Good files for 75th District House seat
Recently retired teacher, Mary Martha Good has filed for the Republican nomination for the 75th District in the Kansas House… “Good will focus on providing accountability and transparency in legislative proceedings and the budget, working to help Kansans on KanCare waiting lists get crucial health services, and initiatives that recognize the clear link between a child’s access to early childhood learning tools and that child’s ability to be successful in K-12 schooling and eventually out in the workforce. Good has taught in El Dorado schools since 1989. She has been recognized at the local and state levels throughout...
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