Sen. Wagle refers to the Gannon case as a “dark cloud” hanging over the legislature and says after the court case is resolved they’ll move forward with their education “reforms” and particularly push for expanding charter schools. She alleges charters can educate kids at lower cost. This is another example of sticking to the ALEC plan/Florida Reform model despite abundant evidence that charters generally do no better than public schools and do not offer cost savings (especially if you control for their not offering special ed, transportation and free and reduced lunch). Kansas already has charter schools. The...
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ALEC and other aligned forces are waging an unprecedented assault on public schools
ALEC and other aligned forces are waging an unprecedented assault on public schools in Kansas and across the country. Stand up school boards, teachers and parents! http://schoolboardnews.nsba.org/2013/04/ravitch-public-schools-facing-‘unprecedented-assault’/...
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Leave a Comment Senators Smith and Pilcher-Cook share “facts”
On Monday, April 15 Sen. Greg Smith and Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook spoke at a forum at Johnson County Community College. They claimed the budget issues in our schools are really an issue of mismanagement by the SMSD school board. They also went with an apparent new party line that Johnson County will be hurt by the Gannon case. (Rep. Kinzer stated that in a public forum in March as well.) Both of these senators have been sent to Topeka to represent the people of the SMSD, but they both continue to ignore the 100% efficiency rating SMSD received from...
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Leave a Comment A great speech from former TX Lt. Gov. Bill Ratliff-Stand up Mamas (and Dadas and friends)
Read this speech by former TX Lt. Gov. Bill Ratliff. Mamas (and Dadas, and friends and neighbors) need to make their voices heard if we are to restore lost funding to schools. RAISE YOUR HAND TEXAS 03/20/13 Bill Ratliff, Former Lieutenant Governor of TexasAbraham Lincoln once said, “Upon the subject of education I can only say that I view it as the most important subject upon which we as a people may be engaged.” Considering the fact the Lincoln was engaged in subjects like slavery, state secession, and civil war, that is quite a mouthful. Year after year,...
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