Game On for Kansas Schools is releasing its roster for the August 4, 2026 primary races for Governor, State Board of Education, and the Kansas House of Representatives. The candidates we believe will be the best advocates for public education are on our roster, while incumbents who have repeatedly failed to support public education are “Benched for academic ineligibility.” Kansas students, educators and their families are counting on you to be an informed voter. This roster is for candidates with contested primaries. We will release additional rosters for the general elections after the August primaries. Originally posted to...
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New Hampshire Education Freedom Account Expansion Will Be Costly
Vouchers are a scam in New Hampshire (and everywhere else). But once they pass, and despite what is best for the state’s students, legislators keep expanding them. “In those states like Arizona, Ohio and North Carolina very few students left public schools to take a voucher, almost all of the new enrollees are students currently in religious and private schools or homeschooled as they are here in New Hampshire. “These are parents who did not qualify when there was a salary cap of 350 percent of the federal poverty level or $74,025 for a family of two and...
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“Through an in-depth study comparing individual state assessment results with ACT scores, AP coursework, dual credit, graduation rates and postsecondary outcomes, educators found that previous performance levels did not accurately reflect student readiness. “Misalignment penalized students unfairly. Only about one in four Kansas high school students scored at Level 3 or 4 on state assessments, yet more than half went on to succeed in college or career pathways. Many students were told they were not ‘proficient’ when they were, in fact, thriving. “Kansas assessment cut scores were out of step nationally. In many cases, students had to score...
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Leave a Comment Kansas state education board expands scoring range for student assessments
“‘The Kansas assessment has persistently been an outlier for all of the three children in my own family and for thousands of students across the state, as data has shown,’ Deedy, a public education advocate, said at a Tuesday meeting of the Kansas State Board of Education… “Beryl New, a board member from Topeka, said she has heard from constituents who are concerned the state education department is lowering standards. Fultz responded that the change is more of a realignment of expectations for student performance. “’I do believe we are not reducing the rigor on this assessment,’ Fultz...
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