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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Classroom is bigger than you think
“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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“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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