“All of this is all taking a toll on recruiting and retaining teachers, and there’s mounting evidence that Kansas teachers are becoming disenchanted. And out-of-state districts are taking advantage… “Right now there are some 700 openings in the state for teachers and non-teaching staff. Wilson says that’s double the number of openings they usually have this time of year. “Kansas teachers, she says, just don’t feel supported…Wilson and other educators say it’s hard to fill teaching jobs in Kansas right now because not only has funding not kept up with needs, but how schools will be funded is...
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Stay on school funding will be short-lived
Please read this entire editorial and be more than an onlooker. “No amount of condemnation of ‘unelected, activist judges’ by Gov. Sam Brownback and GOP legislative leaders will change the facts, which are evident not only to school administrators, school boards, teachers and parents across the state but also to the judges on the special panel… “The fundamental problem is that the governor and GOP legislative leaders seem to think that whatever level of support they deign to give schools should suffice, no matter the reality in the classrooms or the mandate in the state constitution. Nor does...
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Leave a Comment Supreme Court stays Gannon panel order
“The Kansas Supreme Court put a hold Tuesday on a lower-court ruling that would have required the state to immediately pay more than $50 million to school districts, including Wichita’s…In a brief order, the Supreme Court justices said they would stay enforcement of the school court’s orders until they could review them on an expedited basis. “’The court recognizes the need for swift resolution of the equity portion of this case,’ the justices’ order said.” Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article25921516.html...
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Leave a Comment Will of the people?
Governor Brownback is under the impression that school finance decisions in favor of our children are against the “will of the people”. We strongly disagree and would like to point out that many of our legislators and some gubernatorial candidates are less than candid about their positions on funding schools when running for office. Here’s the governor’s statement on the Gannon decision: “The three-judge panel has once again violated its Constitutional authority with this ruling. It has now taken upon itself the powers specifically and clearly assigned to the legislative and executive branches of government. In doing so,...
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