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We Still Oppose School “Choice”

It’s “school choice” week. We remain opposed to “choice” to the extent that it has turned into a movement to erode support and resources for public education. We are sharing information to explain a little more about several key elements. This one is on tax credit scholarships.  https://networkforpubliceducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Are-tax-credits-scholarships-a-voucher-by-a-different-name%C6%92.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1UHl4iM0hd_00gCkP0QHXMR2BQNJhrY9xnAxx-_D6Lg0Pyy_NzZfL8_S4 Originally posted to Facebook on 01/22/2019....
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KASB KS Ed Finance Football Analogy

“But now we have dissenters who say we never wanted to go to the Super Bowl anyway. That was all a pipe dream and we should just settle for what we have. They want to change the goal by passing a constitutional amendment that says the Legislature decides when the constitutional obligation is met. That is a little bit like saying Andy Reid gets to determine who wins the Super Bowl. I’m sure the Chiefs would win every year, but does it really mean we are the best that we can be? “Don’t be distracted; keep your eye...
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WaPo Analysis on Koch Efforts to Remake K-12 Ed

The Koch brothers trying to meddle in public education is not new. They’ve been doing it through funding of organizations like ALEC for years. We also sounded the alarm when we learned of Chase and Annie Koch opening a private school in Wichita, also discussed in this article. We have yet to see evidence the Kochs actually support education and want to improve it rather than trying to privatize it, removing funding for it, undermining it and promoting policy disproven by legitimate research. Read about their latest here and stay vigilant. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2019/01/29/daily-202-koch-network-poised-to-scale-up-efforts-to-remake-k-12-education-with-a-pilot-project-in-five-states/5c4fd5091b326b29c3778cfa/?fbclid=IwAR0dNiPo7kFotcaczf45x52NdU1KH1jhTG1fNQps6NBZVtslhYJT_44b_xQ&noredirect=on&utm_term=.ae894287a059&wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1 Originally posted to Facebook on 01/30/2019....
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