Rep. Kinzer has hatched a new plan to change judicial selection, AND lower mandatory retirement age by 10 years (so when they change the rules they can quickly put new judges and justices in place) AND strip the court of some of its jurisdiction. The legislature needs to accept the courts’ school funding decisions and quit trying to rig the system in their favor. http://cjonline.com/legislature/2013-05-15/house-panel-endorses-major-judicial-overhaul...
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Advice from Texas Kids Can’t Wait
Does this sound familiar? Just insert Kansas Policy Institute for the Texas named organizations. From Texas Kids Can’t Wait’s FB post: Those dishonest radio and television ads from Texans Derserve Great Schools: Several of you have told us that you are sick and tired of the ads from Texans Deserve Great Schools, as are we! They are dishonest in almost every sentence, and the people behind them are the leading names of Texas school privatizers. Remember: privatizers care not a whit about the quality of education for ALL kids. What they care about is lower taxes. So, who...
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Leave a Comment In Kansas, most school spending goes toward instruction and support services
So how does Kansas spend it’s K-12 funding? Almost entirely (less 4.8%) on instruction and support services. Support services that include social workers, librarians, bus drivers, computer centers and more. Claims of waste and inefficiencies simply don’t add up....
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