We’re sharing this link to a video posted by our counterparts at Texas Kids Can’t Wait, who like us and other public education advocacy groups, have come to realize there is a game being played, and what’s best for our children is not the priority. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opcHQ_v6PuU&app=desktop...
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Florida charters not making the grade, no model for KS
Here is yet another example of why Florida is no model for Kansas, and Kansas should not change its laws to make it easier to open charters. This isn’t efficient use of taxpayer dollars. “Records show 12 charter schools have shut down in the last five years in the Broward school district, leaving more than one million dollars in taxpayer money unaccounted for. In Miami-Dade, failed charter schools did not return almost $1.5 million and in Palm Beach, the figure is $800,000. “’It’s not right. Somebody needs to step in and take a look at this and reevaluate...
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Leave a Comment Kansas legislators attend ALEC conference
Is your legislator on this list? What bills for attacking public schools will they bring home? “Besides Merrick and Wagle, the other 16 House members listed by Legislative Administrative Services as attending this week’s ALEC meeting, all House Republicans, are: John Barker, Abilene; John Bradford, Lansing; Susan Concannon, Beloit; Erin Davis, Olathe; Willie Dove, Bonner Springs; Bud Estes, Dodge City; Ramone Gonzalez, Perry; Dan Hawkins, Wichita; Kyle Hoffman, Coldwater; Marvin Kleeb, Overland Park; Jerry Lunn, Overland Park; Charles Macheres, Shawnee; John Rubin, Shawnee; Ronald Ryckman Sr., Meade; Sharon Schwartz, Washington; Troy Waymaster, Bunker Hill.” Others may have attended...
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Leave a Comment KASB launches community engagement programs
KASB has a new way to get in the game. “Most good ideas about education are out there, rising from the bottom up; from people who are familiar with what is happening in the classroom and from students and parents who have learned what works and know what is needed. “But sometimes those good ideas don’t get heard in Topeka or Washington. That is a major reason why KASB is offering special programs, free of charge, to get people on the front lines of our education system, discussing and doing what it will take to produce successful students,...
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