Kansas has stronger charter school laws than Missouri. Some would like to change that, but we see cases like this frequently and will oppose any efforts to increase the risk of this happening in Kansas. Check out this Facebook link to Chanel 41/KSHB-TVs article on a Kansas City charter school....
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COVID-19 Impact on School District Budgets
Below is a link from WIBW: https://www.wibw.com/2020/09/14/school-districts-expenses-increase-amid-covid-19-pandemic/?fbclid=IwAR3s-cjkbe6_ElBA2Bs8Nt6nS4IkWfCmJ4rAAhe6jEV6q7RKSKg0BaCDv78...
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Leave a Comment The Challenge We Face
“This past August’s Republican Primary results certainly added to the challenge we face. With so many Republican moderates in both the House and the Senate losing their elections, the informal alliance that has in recent years been so helpful is really in trouble. This makes holding back further policy damage from the far right even more difficult. And, for many Kansans, the choice for maintaining fiscal sanity and a rational approach to governing may involve crossing party lines to support a Democrat, especially given the number of far-right successes in the primaries this year.” https://www.johnwcarlin.com/blog/brownbackers-still-on-the-ballot-in-2020?fbclid=IwAR0XHBgSydZfZt5bLn36eJHh6_lPaFzG5_BJNpb0Kghn9RDtPBhA8QgN97A...
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“America’s education story is ultimately a story of the tension between the idea that the nation’s democracy rests on the foundation of education and the inability to ever fully deliver on that commitment. Education, like democracy, has long been a work in progress. But that progress has come by remaining fixed on our fundamental ideas, not questioning them because of our own failures to reach them—and certainly not replacing them with something else. And as we ponder our own distinct, yet similar, challenges in providing education to all and uniting a polarized nation, we would be well served...
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