The House Ed Committee held a hearing on the corporate tax credit scholarship bill (which was defeated last year). This is another ALEC bill and is a voucher bill in disguise. It allows corporations to donate money to “scholarship granting organizations” which is then given to private (often religious) schools as “scholarships” for low-income students (up to almost double the federal poverty income level). The corporations then get a 70% tax credit for their donations, further reducing revenues to the State General Fund, from which public schools are funded. There are no oversight provisions for the private schools...
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Kansas Faces of the American Dream from Defend the American Dream – Kansas Public Schools
From our friends at Defend the American Dream – Kansas Public Schools. Help them spread their message and share with them the story of someone in your community who benefitted from a Kansas public education. WE ARE THE FACES OF THE AMERICAN DREAM Public schools are the American Dream at work in Kansas, just as they were for our parents and grandparents. They are the place where young people learn and grow, where they are encouraged to dream big and work hard. And as children grow into teenagers, and then young adults, Kansas public schools help build the...
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Leave a Comment We highly recommend reading this report on at-risk programs and all-day kindergarten from KASB
We highly recommend reading this report. It’s main points are 1. Eligibility for free or reduced price meals based on family income is a highly effective predictor of student achievement in school. The low income population in Kansas has been growing faster than the national average. 2. Kansas has directed significant funding to at-risk programs, including all day kindergarten, but overall statespending has remained below the national average. 3. Kansas relies more heavily on state funding for at-risk programs and less on local funding than most states. As state at-risk funding increased, spending on instructional purposes has increased....
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Leave a Comment Ohioan tells us charter schools are no solution though legislators keep supporting them
Earlier this session the House and Senate Ed Committees are hearing from the owner of Carpe Diem, a hybrid online charter school. Here’s a lighter look at why we oppose the expansion of charter schools: http://ateacheronteaching.blogspot.com/2013/09/ohio-charter-schools-suck-gop-lawmakers.html...
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