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Kansas communities depend on schools from Defend the American Dream – Kansas Public Schools

Here’s the latest blog post from our friends at Defend the American Dream – Kansas Public Schools. Send them your story! http://www.defendthedreamks.org/communities-depend-on-schools KANSAS COMMUNITIES DEPEND ON SCHOOLS March 24, 2014 · by DefendTheDreamKS · Bookmark the permalink. · It takes all of us to defend the American Dream in Kansas — and we welcome the voices that tell our story. Here is a guest blog from Gary Scott, a lifelong Kansan and champion of the role of public schools in local communities. Like an axel with two wheels, Kansas communities and Kansas public schools rely on one another. If one stops working, the other won’t...
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KHI reports poverty toll on Kansas schools

We’ve heard legislators accuse school districts of artificially inflating free and reduced lunch numbers to bolster funding, and we’ve heard people talk about achievement gaps while glossing over the very large and very real increase in numbers of children living in poverty in our state. Read this article for a reality check: http://www.khi.org/news/2014/mar/24/poverty-takes-its-toll-kansas-schools/...
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Please sign petition to pass a clean education budget bill

ACTION ALERT! Education budget petition! **Pass a Clean Education Budget Bill Now.** Restore millions in budget cuts made to K12 school districts, with no strings attached. Kansas should act swiftly to pass a clean appropriations bill to restore past education budget cuts by the July 1 deadline, as set by the Supreme Court. The bill should not be tied to education policy changes, especially policies that were never passed out, or in some cases, even discussed in committee. Pass a Clean Education Budget Bill Now changekansas.org http://changekansas.org/action/petition/pass-a-clean-education-budget-bill-now Restore millions in budget cuts made to K12 school districts, with no...
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