Game On was happy to be one of several of public education advocacy organizations who gathered in Topeka to urge the 2019 Kansas legislature to finish the work needed to bring the state’s K-12 funding formula in line with the supreme court’s latest ruling on adequacy and equity. Read the Shawnee Mission Posts’s article about the event using the link below. https://shawneemissionpost.com/2019/01/09/local-education-advocates-ask-legislature-to-finish-work-on-k-12-funding-formula-preserve-constitution-76244?fbclid=IwAR2RvR3HqiOtmRZ4uHS4vRAxXeDMVFg9N-3gClkOdY55ELL6of1VTjgUehc Originally posted to Facebook on 01/09/2019....
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Gov. Kelly’s Inaugural Address
We are so grateful to have a governor who truly values public education and teachers. Here’s a portion of Gov. Laura Kelly’s speech today. We agree wholeheartedly. (And thank you to the Topeka Capital-Journal for printing the transcript.) “So much of that starts in our public schools. Schools are the center of our communities. Strong schools unlock the doors of opportunity in a changing economy. Strong schools ignore the circumstances a child is born into and put that child on equal footing. “A quality education is what we cherish as Kansans. “And our school teachers aren’t line items on...
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Education front and center. Thank you, Governor Kelly!Photo credit Jerry Jost. Originally posted to Facebook on 01/14/2019....
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Here’s important news from KASB about how adding an inflation factor to the school funding formula will work to benefit Kansas’ students: https://mailchi.mp/kasb/nb0111?fbclid=IwAR36lKR-HjvWRtE4v67eF7Zq4fY6lwzcb3Jqo1Poq_2Urn_aOGgCbC2RoGY Originally posted to Facebook on 01/15/2019....
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