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The Challenge We Face

“This past August’s Republican Primary results certainly added to the challenge we face. With so many Republican moderates in both the House and the Senate losing their elections, the informal alliance that has in recent years been so helpful is really in trouble. This makes holding back further policy damage from the far right even more difficult. And, for many Kansans, the choice for maintaining fiscal sanity and a rational approach to governing may involve crossing party lines to support a Democrat, especially given the number of far-right successes in the primaries this year.” https://www.johnwcarlin.com/blog/brownbackers-still-on-the-ballot-in-2020?fbclid=IwAR0XHBgSydZfZt5bLn36eJHh6_lPaFzG5_BJNpb0Kghn9RDtPBhA8QgN97A...
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Time Magazine Education Article

“America’s education story is ultimately a story of the tension between the idea that the nation’s democracy rests on the foundation of education and the inability to ever fully deliver on that commitment. Education, like democracy, has long been a work in progress. But that progress has come by remaining fixed on our fundamental ideas, not questioning them because of our own failures to reach them—and certainly not replacing them with something else. And as we ponder our own distinct, yet similar, challenges in providing education to all and uniting a polarized nation, we would be well served...
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When Candidates Don’t Show

We hope voters note that Mike Thompson (incumbent running against Lindsey Constance), Jane Dirks (who ousted Jan Kessinger in the primary and is running against Mari-Lynn Poskin), Kristine Sapp (running against Jo Ella Hoye and Michael Kerner) and Laura Williams (running against Brandon Woodard) have opted not to participate in a local forum. We think that says a lot about their responsiveness to their potential constituents. “Candidates — of any political stripe — must have the courage of their convictions and the confidence in their ideas to be able to hold them up to public scrutiny and critique.”https://shawneemissionpost.com/…/why-the-post-hosts…/...
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