There are legislators in Kansas who share the view that we really shouldn’t even have public schools. You can sometimes catch them referring to them as “government” schools. The Fox host said, “There really shouldn’t be public schools, should there? I mean we should really go to a system where parents of every stripe have a choice, have a say in the kind of education their kids get because, when we have centralized, bureaucratic education doctrines and dogmas like this, that’s exactly what happens.” I don’t want to overstate this. I’m only vaguely aware of who Lisa “Kennedy”...
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Public education supporters visit the Capitol
There was a lot of red in Topeka February 20. Way to go! https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=782512295151626&fref=nf...
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You can watch edited video from the education forum we co-sponsored with Mainstream Coalition and Kansas PTA on February 17th featuring Rep. Lusk, Rep. Bollier, Rep. Rooker, and State Board of Education member Janet Waugh. http://www.mainstreamcoalition.org/public_education_in_crisis_watch_now...
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“Not only that. The governor wants to sack the state’s school finance formula in favor of a ‘block grant’ to schools, which would make that $127 million cut permanent and shut off any future funding increases for schools from the state. “Why would he propose this? How does this help Kansas? Well, it doesn’t help Kansas schools or Kansas students, but it does help staunch a budget crisis created by a dramatic loss of income tax revenue. School finance is the largest item in the state budget, putting school funds directly in the firing line when state finances...
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