“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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Upcoming Johnson County candidate events
Johnson County Candidate Forums Below is a list of several events at which voters can meet the candidates running for office. We hope you can get out and learn about these office-seekers. Bring a friend or colleague with you. Friday, July 11, 8:00-9:00 a.m. Golden Living Center of Spring Hill, 251 E. Wilson, Spring Hill Johnson County Commission Chair Meet & Greet – featuring Chairman Ed Eilert, Patricia Lightner, and Commissioner Ed Peterson To attend please call the Spring Hill Chamber of Commerce (913-592-3893). Tuesday, July 15, 3:30-6:00 p.m. Meadowbrook Golf & Country Club, 9101 Nall Avenue, Prairie...
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Leave a Comment Familiar soundbites and warnings from Michigan on charters
Part of this sounds familiar, and part is a warning from a state that has been conducting the charter school experiment. “Education should be about children, not adults. For the past three years, Republicans wielded this powerful soundbite as a weapon while they reshaped public education in Michigan to fit their free-market ideology. If you cared about kids, you backed their plan to help open dozens more online and charter schools run by good-hearted private businesses. If you didn’t, you were determined to damn students to failing public schools so you could deviously enrich fat-cat union teachers. The...
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Is Florida a model for Kansas? Does this help explain why the Kansas Chamber of Commerce, AFP and KPI, all organizations primarily focused on tax and business policy, are big advocates of expanded charter schools? The following article posted by Diane Ravitch is by Patricia W. Hall, chair of the League of Women Voters Education team in Hillsborough County, Florida. It was originally published by La Gaceta in Tampa, Florida. The state League of Women Voters recently published a one-year study of charters across Florida. Charter School Explosion: Follow the Money Patricia W. Hall Although charter schools must,...
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