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“If we want to save American education, the first step should be obvious…let teachers teach”

State legislators across the country are being caught up in discussions of book banning and whether to teach relevant social issues. It is a deliberate distraction by forces looking to undermine our public schools and sow mistrust in our educators. Don’t fall for it. We agree with this opinion written by Leonard Pitts. “So here’s my modest proposal: How about we respect educators as the trained professionals they are? How about we trust their judgment? How about we stop requiring them to reach consensus with those who have not the first clue? If a parent feels their child...
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Transparency Movement is a Solution in Search of a Problem

Kansas has its own transparency bill now. Kansas legislators need to stop being puppets of Rufo and others. Parents already have a lot of access. It seems these bills are more aimed at giving access to anti-public education groups and making our teachers and administrators, who are already overworked trying to recover from a global pandemic, feel unsupported and under attack and contributing to an exodus from the field of education. These bills are not going to help Kansas kids. “Such requirements are nearly identical to those outlined in the model bill co-authored by Rufo, who has publicly...
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School Choice in Arizona is a “Quagmire”

Last week a paid employee of a company that promotes vouchers claimed that vouchers had improved public education in Arizona. We meet monthly with members of Save Our Schools Arizona who vehemently dispute that claim. One former member’s story is being featured by Public Voices for Public Schools. “I left a state where ‘school choice’ has left millions of children unable to access a quality education. I’ve seen firsthand the inequitable quagmire that Arizona’s failed experiment has created. It doesn’t have to be this way – we can still save public schools by fighting these destructive programs and...
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