Milwaukee has the longest-running voucher program in the country. Kansas’ new tax credit scholarship is a voucher program with a middle man (Scholarship Granting Organization). Buyer beware: “Now they are fighting the resegregation of their community—and the stranding of kids in isolated, fly-by-night academies that virtually guarantee they will never make it out of poverty. “The latest battle of the mad grandmas is against new laws that would force the sale of public school buildings to private school operators. “‘The public schools are just being raped,’ says Hicks. ‘A lot of schools no longer have gym, no longer...
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Texas court rule’s state education funding unconstitutional
Look out Texas! Here comes Kansas? As a Texas court rules the state’s funding of schools unconstitutional, we are reminded that this state is not an education/economic model Kansas should seek to emulate. Great, great news from the Equity Center! Litigation Alert Judge John Dietz Declares Texas Public School Finance System Unconstitutional State District Court Judge John Dietz issued his final decision today in the landmark public school funding trial, Texas Taxpayers & Student Fairness Coalition, et al. v. Michael Williams, et al. In his ruling, Judge Dietz found the system to be inequitable, unsuitable, and inadequate in...
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Leave a Comment Kansas PTA Press Release: research candidate’s positions and vote
Kansas PTA Press Release 8/26/14 With elections right around the corner, debate over education policies has begun among the candidates. Kansas Parent Teacher Association represents over 20,000 members across the state and has been advocating for a quality public education for Kansas students since our beginning in Kansas City, KS in 1914. We continue our work today as the largest volunteer child advocacy association in the state working for all children and families. Kansas PTA believes that every child must be provided with a well-rounded, high-quality education, which will ensure that all children have the opportunity to reach...
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Leave a Comment NY Charter organization spending $31 million on new offices
This one’s from New York. Is this what we call efficient use of taxpayer dollars for nonprofit charters? “The new offices will cost [Eva Moskowitz of Success Academy Charter Schools] organization $31 million over 15 years, according to its most recent financial report. The same report shows Moskowitz received an eye-popping $567,000 during the 2012-2013 school year. That’s a raise of $92,000 from the previous year, and more than double the $212,000 paid to Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña. . . The move to Wall Street took effect just months before the much-publicized battle between Moskowitz and Mayor de...
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