We share this post from North Carolina because it’s a variation of what is being proposed in Kansas. We often post pieces on neo-charters, vouchers and bad education policy from other states, because it’s the same ALEC agenda being played out. We’re leading the tax cut experiment but other states are leading the corporate “reform” agenda, and we see over and over that it’s a faulty agenda which fails to address the issues facing public education and instead introduces a whole new set of problems. Read this warning from North Carolina:http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/02/08/3600562/in-nc-a-gop-assault-with-intent.html...
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We choose Kansas public schools
Today we celebrate our choice. As Kansas residents we choose our public schools. Strong communities, great teachers, exciting education opportunities, supportive adults – every child in Kansas should have no less. When resources are limited, we choose to support the schools that commit to help every child. In Topeka today, a few expressed their desire for school choice (vouchers, scholarships, expanded charters), while hundreds of thousands of parents made the choice to send their children off to their local public school. We choose Kansas public schools....
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Leave a Comment Warning from Jefferson County, CO regarding moving school board elections
Every Kansan should take time and watch this recent Jefferson County, Colorado school board meeting. It didn’t take long for a November election to bring partisan politics to this district. The meeting’s result, the resignation of a nationally recognized Superintendent and a district in turmoil. http://kwgn.com/2014/02/08/video-jeffco-schools-superintendent-resigns-at-explosive-board-meeting/...
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Leave a Comment Push to introduce partisanship to HB 2227 (moving school board and other local elections to November) reveals true motivation behind the bill
As we suggested there would be, there was discussion on Monday about amending the bill on moving local elections to the fall to also make them partisan. “The only person to speak in favor of the bill Monday was Clay Barker, executive director of the Kansas Republican Party. Barker advocated amending the bill to make municipal elections partisan. . . Rep. Tom Sawyer, D-Wichita, said he did not object to moving the date of local races, but he worried that the bill will be amended later to make local races partisan. ‘School board races and city council races...
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