We’ve asked this question, too. “KPI’s website includes opinion essays on school funding, tax policy and more. KPI’s president, Dave Trabert, routinely testifies before the Kansas Legislature. He is also a lobbyist who has spent more than $2,800 this year buying lunches for lawmakers, state records show. “Is KPI trying to ‘substantially’ influence legislation?” We say yes. Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/article29407249.html...
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Trailers from new documentary on education “reform”
Here’s a trailer from a documentary on education “reform”. We’re looking forward to seeing the whole film. We’re facing these issues in Kansas, and or fellow advocates are facing them in other states across the country. Click here for the link to the trailer. http://edincmovie.com Many of our legislators also attended the ALEC meeting in San Diego last week, and we’ve seen too many ALEC education bills in Kansas. Here’s a trailer from the video addressing ALEC. https://vimeo.com/131232625?outro=1...
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“The next time Gov. Sam Brownback makes a claim about education spending, he needs to double or triple check to make sure his numbers are accurate. He and his staff have a bad habit of being wrong. “The most recent mistake occurred during a news conference Friday. Brownback displayed a large chart claiming that the average teacher salary in Kansas was $7,060 more than the average salary in Missouri…The Kansas average included salary and benefits, and the Missouri total was salary only. “At a news conference last month, Brownback infuriated the Garden City school district when he claimed...
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Leave a Comment SMSD braces for mid-year cuts
“District Superintendent Jim Hinson told school board members at their monthly meeting Thursday that he fully expects the state at some point in the coming school year to cut funding to schools and that his staff has taken precautions to keep the district afloat in all but the most catastrophic of financial situations. “’We’re trying to be very prudent, very careful,’ Hinson said. ‘We do not want to be in a situation where all of the sudden in January we lose a very significant amount of money and we’re trying to figure out what do we do to...
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