Kansas public education underfunding is real and substantial. In the coming months some members of the Kansas legislature will attempt to spin this away, but Kansans who know the importance of public education must not be fooled. Kansas public schools face ever increasing demands both in terms of the level of preparation students must have to participate in a global economy and in the increasing numbers of English language learners and students living in poverty. Lets open the floor to a debate on School Funding…...
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Armed employees could cost Kansas schools insurance coverage
Practical implications seem to be missing from multiple education policy discussions in Topeka. The main insurer for Kansas schools thinks the risks of having armed teachers is too great. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/06/19/4301948/armed-employees-could-cost-kansas.html...
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Leave a Comment Sign the Opportunity to Learn’s Education Declaration
We are among many who see the current education “reform” movement as misguided and harmful. Here’s a declaration you can sign to urge policymakers to support meaningful education policies. http://www.otlcampaign.org/education-declaration...
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Leave a Comment Indiana starting to rebel against school “reform” movement
“But make no mistake: Indiana’s love affair with so-called school reform is cooling. Serious cracks are showing in the relationship between lawmakers and anti-labor, pro-privatization forces that have fueled the so-called reform with millions in campaign contributions.” Indiana has been the epicenter of the school reform effort we are facing in Kansas. They don’t like where they’ve been, and we don’t want to join them.http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20130609/EDIT10/306099980/1021/EDIT...
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