Kansas has its own transparency bill now. Kansas legislators need to stop being puppets of Rufo and others. Parents already have a lot of access. It seems these bills are more aimed at giving access to anti-public education groups and making our teachers and administrators, who are already overworked trying to recover from a global pandemic, feel unsupported and under attack and contributing to an exodus from the field of education. These bills are not going to help Kansas kids. “Such requirements are nearly identical to those outlined in the model bill co-authored by Rufo, who has publicly...
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KS State Treasurer Explains Voucher Bill Problems
Our State Treasurer, Lynn Rogers, outlines some of the major problems with the latest Kansas voucher bill. We agree. “The difficulty with vouchers is that they began to privatize a system not designed to be privatized. Our school boards provide a process for the public to play a role in the accountability public officials have for using tax dollars. This is why we have established school boards. Other states have had notable issues with improper use of funds with these types of accounts. In our comparison to Arizona, we found audits showing funds for vouchers were spent on...
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Leave a Comment School Choice in Arizona is a “Quagmire”
Last week a paid employee of a company that promotes vouchers claimed that vouchers had improved public education in Arizona. We meet monthly with members of Save Our Schools Arizona who vehemently dispute that claim. One former member’s story is being featured by Public Voices for Public Schools. “I left a state where ‘school choice’ has left millions of children unable to access a quality education. I’ve seen firsthand the inequitable quagmire that Arizona’s failed experiment has created. It doesn’t have to be this way – we can still save public schools by fighting these destructive programs and...
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Leave a Comment If Teachers Quit, Our Schools Collapse
Please take a few minutes to read this editorial in the KC Star by Mará Rose Williams “The Kansas Legislature will consider at least nine bills related to how students are educated, granting parents more say on instruction, shifting public dollars to private schools and putting restrictions on testing. More proposals are expected, including a bill that would prohibit schools from teaching about racism and sexism. Education will likely be a significant issue in November’s contest for governor. But any debate on education needs to be grounded in what is truly happening in Kansas classrooms and what is...
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