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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...

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...