Governor Brownback is again proposing an ALEC idea that has failed elsewhere (teacher merit pay) and sticking to talking points about putting “more money in the classroom”, instead of addressing the complex needs of Kansas schools. “I want more money going to teachers. I’m for merit pay,” he said during a 30-minute session last week… “’They’re trying to fit the product they want – which is competent children – into an inadequate budget number,’ Robb said… “Desetti acknowledged that Brownback’s call for more money into classrooms is ‘a great talking point’ because, ‘people nod.’ But he said it’s...
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Massive problems with charters in Florida
We have heard many times that Kansas should be following Florida’s lead on school “reform” including changes to charter school law. We vehemently disagree. Here’s the latest from Florida. “Unchecked charter-school operators are exploiting South Florida’s public school system, collecting taxpayer dollars for schools that quickly shut down. “A recent spate of charter-school closings illustrates weaknesses in state law: virtually anyone can open or run a charter school and spend public education money with near impunity, a Sun Sentinel investigation found.” Read more here: http://interactive.sun-sentinel.com/charter-schools-unsupervised/investigation.html...
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Plaintiffs not frivolous, State 0-9 in school funding cases
We posted a response to an email the governor’s office sent last week attacking critics of school funding in Kansas. Schools for Fair Funding also responded to the email, and a second email from the governor’s office followed. “In the most recent message, Melika Willoughby, Brownback’s deputy director of communications, criticizes the media and attorneys for Schools for Fair Funding, the group representing school districts suing the state for more education funding. She calls their criticism ‘flimsy” and “easily refuted.’… “She singled out John Robb, an attorney for Schools for Fair Funding who has been vocal on the...
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