We are sharing this post from our friends at Johnson County Educators. We also were forwarded Rep. Schwab’s email and find it yet another example of spin by some of our electeds who claim to support our schools, but whose actions clearly demonstrate they do not. We also note that Rep. Schwab does not send his children to Olathe public schools. Recipients of this email were not limited to subscribers to Rep. Schwab’s communications. From Johnson County Educators: “Several Olathe educators have forwarded the following spam email they received from Rep. Scott Schwab yesterday through their school district...
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Questions arise over firm hired for Kansas efficiency study
There is a lot of negative information coming out about the firm hired to find “efficiencies” in Kansas government, including its schools, both in terms of the process by which it was hired and the work it has done in other states. “Alvarez & Marsal, which has an office in Kansas City, Mo., donated to both of Gov. Sam Brownback’s gubernatorial campaigns, putting $2,000 toward his 2010 campaign and $1,000 toward his 2014 re-election campaign. None of the other firms made donations to Brownback… “’There was no time for due diligence. We didn’t do any sort of outside...
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Leave a Comment 317 unfilled teaching positions in Kansas
Sharing from our friends at Kansas Action for Children: “There are 317 unfilled teaching positions in Kansas. This is a troubling trend that can have ramifications that ripple throughout a community. “We already saw the troubling situation in Garden City, where a teaching vacancy forced the school district to choose between a kindergarten teacher and their pre-k program. “As a state we must do better by our kids to make sure this isn’t a situation more schools are faced with in the future.” Read about unfilled teaching positions here: http://www.kansas.com/news/local/education/article38176524.html...
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Leave a Comment Block grants resulting in larger class sizes in Lawrence
Sharing from our friends at Educate Lawrence: “Governor Brownback and the Kansas legislature’s cuts to school funding has resulted in larger class sizes in our Lawrence schools.” Read more here: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2015/oct/12/lawrence-school-board-reviews-effects-enrollment-i/...
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