“As the debate over how to properly fund our schools goes on, we continually hear that more money needs to go to the ‘classroom.’ I could not agree more… But… “Administrators, secretaries, paraprofessionals, bus drivers, nurses, counselors, librarians, custodians, food service personnel, and teachers are all integral parts of the ‘classroom.’ So, as the debate continues, state lawmakers should put more money into the ‘classroom.’ A former marketing slogan was ‘Kansas, as big as you think.’ I urge our state lawmakers and Governor Brownback to view the Kansas classroom as ‘bigger than you think.'” Read more here: http://seamanschools.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4&ModuleInstanceID=11&ViewID=047E6BE3-6D87-4130-8424-D8E4E9ED6C2A&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=5390&PageID=1 ...
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Keep public schools public
“The goals of big business are inconsistent with the needs of public schools. Don’t sell your public schools to corporations and allow your tax dollars to get sucked up by those motivated only by corporate profits. Get involved with your local schools and support their efforts to create a quality public school system.” Read more here: http://www.joplinglobe.com/opinion/columns/nick-kyle-keeping-our-schools-public/article_ea594dff-74c7-59ce-98b9-7cc9a38f034c.html?mode=jqm...
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Leave a Comment LTE: classroom is the heart of the district
Well said, Mr. Reever. “The classroom is the heart of a school district, and the rest of the district works to make the classroom a better place to learn. That is the mission of every school district. Unfortunately, this mission is not cheap, and its value to the classroom is not easily reduced to a line item on a spreadsheet.” Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article51540270.html...
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Leave a Comment KS Supreme Court strikes down law changing chief judge selection
The Kansas Supreme Court struck down a law the legislature passed last year taking away its responsibility for selecting district court chief judges. We are among many who viewed that law as an attack on the Supreme Court and retaliation for school funding decisions. “In a 43-page opinion in the case of Solomon v. Kansas written by Justice Eric Rosen, the court upheld a lower court decision that said the new law violates the separation of powers doctrine as well as Article 3 of the state constitution, which gives the Supreme Court ‘general administrative authority over all courts...
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