Game On’s Judith Deedy is an honorary chair for the Women for Kansas event Labor Day weekend: “I appreciate the efforts of Women for Kansas in increasing political awareness and participation among women in Kansas. I understand that we are busy with careers and families and many of us frankly find politics distasteful. The reality is, though, that public education and many of the other issues that impact our lives are determined by the political process. We have an obligation to ourselves, our families and our communities to make our voices heard, and I am grateful to the...
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Welcome charlatans, grifters, cherry-pickers and people who have no business running a Diary Queen, much less a school
“The message is always the same: The essential concept behind the charter school movement is that, freed from the three Rs — restraints, rules and regulations — these schools could innovate and get the kinds of results that calcified, logy public schools could only dream about. And they do … sometimes. But handing out uncountable millions to operators who would be given a free hand was also like putting a big sign out by the highway that says ‘Welcome Charlatans, Grifters, Credential-Fakers, Cherry-Pickers, Stat-Jukers, Cult of Personality Freaks and People Who Have No Business Running a Dairy Queen,...
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Leave a Comment Letter tells Kansans to vote in primaries
“The right to vote is often only considered important in terms of the ‘big’ races, but the local leaders you elect more directly affect you and your family. Take every election seriously and vote in the primaries on Aug. 5.” http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2014/jul/05/letter-primary-vote/?opinion This letter has great information about voting in the primaries....
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Leave a Comment Brownback’s school spending claims fact-checked
“Brownback’s additional school spending can be almost completely attributed to increased contributions to the state’s pension system and capital improvement aid for districts, not on teacher salaries, books or other operational costs. When pension spending and capital aid are subtracted, state support for Kansas schools was roughly $100 million higher in fiscal year 2009 than in fiscal year 2014.” Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article673701.html#storylink=cpy...
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