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Have you received postcards with endorsements from “Quality Schools for All Kansas Kids”? They are not affiliated with any of the grassroots education advocacy groups we’ve worked with, and they were started with a $25,000 donation from the Kansas Chamber. Who really supports Kansas quality schools? See our rosters. ...

Pro-public education legislator Nancy Lusk has been targeted by deceptive postcards saying she “failed our teachers” and “chose politics over our children”. This is not true. Here is her response, which is also applicable to many Kansas Representatives of both parities who are friends of education. Dear friends and neighbors, In response to fraudulent attack ads that have been frequenting your mailboxes, I wish to set the record straight. I VOTED FOR INCREASED K-12 PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING. The weekend of April 4-6, there were two votes on school finance bills. I voted for “House Sub for SB 218,”...

We are very concerned with the current politicizing of the Kansas Supreme Court. Justices and judges need to be able to make decisions based on the law rather than on public opinion or threats. School funding decisions have been unpopular with the governor and the legislature. Do justices who decide in favor of schools need to fear being targeted? The judicial retention law is designed to address judges/justices who are not doing their jobs rather than ones who make decisions we don’t like. Here’s information about a volunteer group and their report which may help voters with judicial...