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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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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Leave a Comment What’s wrong with this picture?
What’s wrong with this picture?http://www.offthechartsblog.org/going-for-broke-in-kansas/ Going for Broke in Kansas www.offthechartsblog.org Kansas legislators passed a plan this past weekend to drain the state’s reserves, cut taxes for the rich, raise taxes for many lower-income families, and slash education in the process. The state is on a path to ruin unless it changes course....
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