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At a legislative forum Saturday, SMSD/Olathe SD area Rep. KINZER claimed that successful school litigation (the recent Gannon case) only hurts SMSD because under the funding formula SMSD receives a lower percentage than other districts. By our calculations, SMSD would receive over $31 million additional annual operational funding if the legislature were to abide by Montoy and Gannon. Rep. Kinzer called that a “pittance”, said we would be better off without it and instead should ally with other districts to rewrite the funding formula. Tell Rep. Kinzer we would very much like to restore the cuts from the...

The House Education Committee needs to hear from us! We have been told by mulitiple sources that they are being flooded with emails from anti-common core and pro-charter voices. As for Common Core Kansans have been involved in drafting the curriculum. We have talked to many teachers who support it and say that it will allow them to teach the way they used to teach. It will allow them to encourage …higher level thinking, analytical and writing skills that are so very important. The State of Kansas also promised to adopt Common Core as part of its waiver...

The facts on school spending can be elusive and subject to a great deal of spin. Here’s some useful information. http://www.khi.org/weblogs/budget-blog/2013/mar/05/best-chart-education-spending/...

Game On for Kansas Schools is a Network for Public Education Ally. The threat to public education is going on in multiple states, so we are joining together with other advocacy groups led by national experts. You can join as an organizati…on or an individual. NPE mission: The Network for Public Education is an advocacy group whose goal is to fight to protect, preserve and strengthen our public school system, an essential institution in a democratic society. Our mission is to protect, preserve, promote, and strengthen public schools and the education of current and future generations of students....