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We agree with Jean Schodorf that implementing a 3rd grade retention plan and 4th grade reading initiative funded by cuts to early childhood education programs makes no sense. Stop following Florida and ALEC and do what’s right for Kansas kids! http://ourkansasvoice.com/?p=178  ...

Parent groups are standing up, organizing and networking.  Here’s a regional action meeting in Indiana bringing together parents from Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Michigan.  http://publicschoolsacrossamerica.eventbrite.com/#...

Florida reforms are being pushed here, too. Whose interests are being promoted? Is this a model that makes any sense? http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=19&articleid=20130210_19_A1_ULNSbo341009  ...

 We’re all for a solution that would get funding into our schools more quickly, but the Governor is requesting a stay of the lower court’s order, and there’s something distasteful about requesting mediation at this point. The State lost the Montoy case in 2005 and was ordered to adequately fund schools. They raised funding for 1 year and then started cutting again through last year when the economy was improving. Now they’ve lost again, and the Supreme Court won’t hear new evidence, so the likelihood of the plaintifs’ success seems pretty high, so now they want a compromise....