“A coalition of 48 Kansas public school districts Saturday urged the Legislature to work directly on bringing K-12 education funding in line with a Kansas Supreme Court order and avoid entanglement in a ‘hodgepodge of bad’ education reform ideas.” http://cjonline.com/news/2014-03-22/school-finance-litigants-seek-bill-narrow-remedy We agree....
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Kansas teacher pay ranks 42nd in nation
“The NEA report indicates that average salaries for teachers in Kansas are the 42nd lowest in the country, though the rankings don’t factor in cost of living differences among the states. A year earlier, the state was ranked 41st. ‘I think that’s my concern,’ said state board member Janet Waugh, a Democrat from Kansas City. ‘I think that speaks to us not recognizing the value of a teacher.’ ‘The majority of teachers I know could make a lot more money in the private industry,’ she said. Waugh said she believes school boards are raising teacher pay to the extent...
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Leave a Comment House GOP leaders say they didn’t intend to include charter provisions
“Republican leaders in the Kansas House on Friday said they didn’t intend to include an expansion of charter schools as part of a school funding bill intended to address the Supreme Court’s ruling on school finance. And while they said they intend to introduce a new bill without the charter school provision, education groups said they still have major concerns about other provisions of the bill, such as merit-based pay for teachers, changes in teacher licensing requirements and offering corporate tax breaks for funding private school scholarships.”http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2014/mar/21/charter-school-provision-mistake-gop-leaders-admit/ We haven’t seen the new bill, but it sounds like there will...
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Leave a Comment Game On for Kansas Schools issues press release for walk to Topeka
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Game On Hopes Walk is a Game Changer for State Legislature Local Mom Makes Second Walk from Merriam to Topeka, Others Join Merriam, Kan. – Last year the group Game On for Kansas Schools made headlines when member and local mom, Heather Ousley, made the 60 plus mile trek from her house in Merriam to the capitol building in Topeka. With the motto of “Just one walk,” the group aimed to air their frustrations with state legislators over the budgetary cuts to public schools in the state and the emergence of...
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