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Here’s another article showing what we’re up against. http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/02-9...

The House Education Committee heard a presentation from KPI last week. ARE THEY HEARING FROM YOU?   KPI is one of the mouthpieces through which groups outside of Kansas are pushing their agenda on us. Dave Trabert, paid president KPI, gave a presentation again presenting the picture of Kansas’ failing schools and saying Kansas should be more like Texas and Florida. KNEA reports that he was “joined …via Skype by noted ideological researcher Matthew Ladner. Ladner, who greatly admires Jeb Bush and Florida schools was brought to Kansas by Trabert and KPI once before. In 2010 Ladner won...

Two thirds of the way there. Today is for the teachers. For my grandfather, Abe Faier, a professor at Creighton University.  For my dad, Jerry, a biologist and high school teacher. For Mrs. Willy, Kindergarten and third grade, who knew the power of being kind. For Mrs. Scanlon, who taught me about horizon lines, taking …my time, and drawing what I saw: observation. For Mrs. McCormick, who always demanded more omph from her sixth grade class. For Mr. Holt, who took so many middle school kids to DC he probably should have received store credit at the DC...

I am going to try and give you a little background of how I came to be here today, wandering through Kansas, sore and tired. Last fall, prior to the elections, I was invited by another parent, one of my kid’s soccer coach, to join Game On. Because it was prior to the elections they were asking for volunteers to look at the voting records of their own representatives, to see how they voted on school issues, so that we could advise other parents on who might best advocate for our kids. After the election, I went to...