We hear a lot about legislator support of local control, but SB 171 passed out of the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee despite being opposed by numerous school boards, municipalities and other local entities. Thank you to Rep. Ousley for explaining what’s wrong with SB 171. Because they are limited to the issues facing municipalities, or to the single issue of education, and as those who serve on the school boards are not paid, these elections have remained nonpartisan, which has kept at bay the rancor of party politics, and kept down campaign costs. Another advantage of keeping...
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There is a debate about the existence of public schools
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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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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