“School Choice Week” is coming to Kansas and the rest of the country the last week of January. During that time, Koch-funded entities will trot kids donned in yellow scarves up to the Capitol in a well-funded and well-orchestrated event, but those same entities refuse every effort to infuse voucher bills with oversight, accountability or any kind of guardrails to protect vulnerable students. They promise a myth and do nothing to prevent the nightmare these programs deliver to state budgets, communities and public schools and their students. “The language of ‘choice’ around schools may be alluring in its...
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Voters Continuously Reject Vouchers
In recent elections in multiple states, voters rejected vouchers. Supporting vouchers is not conservative, it’s radical and harmful. Watch this video narrated by Jennifer Berkshire, author of The Education Wars and recent visitor to Kansas. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DExjXCiOaLT...
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Leave a Comment KIFA Pledge to Support Legislators that Support Kansas Public Schools
We expect vouchers to be an issue this legislative session and beyond. It can be hard for legislators to represent their constituents and stand against pressure to pass vouchers. Our friends at KIFA have created this petition as a pledge to support those legislators who support public schools and the children and communities they serve. Please sign it and share! Here’s the link: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/kansas-public-dollars-for-kansas-public-schools...
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Leave a Comment Join Us for a Panel Discussion on the Harm that Vouchers and “School Choice” do to Students
It’s so important to be informed about how harmful vouchers are as we head into the next legislative session. Our own Judith Deedy will be on this panel with Josh Cowen, author of The Privateers, and Leah Fliter from KASB. Join us! https://www.facebook.com/events/442080432175980...
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