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Check out Heather speaking at the news conference in the Capitol this morning. Thank you Heather Ousley! Heather Ousley, backed up by teachers, parents, children, and members of the legislature, addresses the press at the Game on For Kansas Schools press conference....

From the Lawrence Journal World Education Blog posted by Peter Hancock: ALEC-based charter school bill getting second chance Lawrence schools are on spring break this week, a fact that sparked some fear in the newsroom that there wouldn’t be much education news for a few days. But Kansas lawmakers appear to be picking up the slack. Specifically, the Kansas Senate Education Committee worked through a pile of bills Monday, including one that would create new opportunities for establishing charter schools in Kansas. Senate Bill 196, the Kansas Public Charter School Act, is nearly identical to a bill that...

Heather has a right to be mad! HB 2400 is reducing more revenue in our state by giving tax credits to companies for creating scholarships up to $8000.00 per student to attend private schools. Please contact House Education Committee members and tell them to VOTE NO on HB 2400. http://cjonline.com/news/2013-03-18/house-bill-creates-10m-aid-program-private-schools#.UUeIRP1462w.twitter...

The House Education Committee is considering HB2400, the corporate education tax credit scholarship program, another ALEC/Florida Reform bill. Tax credit scholarship programs are today’s version of vouchers. We are sharing our post from our friends in North Carolina, quoting a story from our friends in New Hampshire which highlights problems with lack of accountability, transparency and oversight, along with the issue of public funds supporting religious schools in Florida, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana and Pennsylvania. This is another example of bad policy being pushed on us by groups outside of Kansas that diverts funding from public schools. Tell House...