We see a lot of people blaming schools for doing things businesses and/or communities asked them to do. It is appropriate to continue to refine our ideas of what public education should look like. It’s not appropriate to relentlessly criticize school administrators and school boards as they navigate societal/academic/technological changes or to disregard action they’re already taking. From Public School Apologist “We criticize schools for looking too much like they did 30 years ago while criticizing almost every way they’ve changed in the last 30 years. Everyone said kids shouldn’t spend all day sitting in rows listening to...
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Ty Masterson’s Abysmal Record on School Funding
The future of public education in Kansas is on the ballot. Ty Masterson has repeatedly shown us he would underfund public schools and hand over taxpayer dollars to private schools with no oversight and no guardrails. Cindy Holscher has been an advocate for public education for longer than she has been in the Senate From Take Back Kansas “Ty Masterson helped create Kansas’ school funding crisis. Now he wants to be governor. He voted for the Brownback tax cuts, then became Senate budget chair as Kansas schools faced an estimated $550 million funding shortage as a result of...
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We think a lot of legislators should read this piece. “We should absolutely hold schools accountable for the difference they make in children’s lives. We just need to stop pretending they’re responsible for every difference that existed before those children ever walked through the door.” We would also add we need to stop pretending that they can overcome all of those differences, or using that as an excuse to cut off our support for them either. From Public School Apologist “Schools are expected to close gaps they didn’t create. Every morning, millions of children walk through the doors...
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It’s another Fact Check Friday! Public education is an INVESTMENT in our children, not an expense to be minimized. Kansans are getting strong returns on those investments as well. The more you know From Kansas Association of School Boards “Fact Check Friday: A Good Investment Investing in public education means investing in Kansas’ future! Here’s a look at how Kansas students are building pathways to success: – 90% Graduation Rate: A record number of Kansas students are graduating from high school, opening doors to college, careers and future opportunities. – Career-Ready Skills: In 2024, Kansas students earned 7,225...
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