A fellow school advocacy group, Public Schools First NC, posted this interesting article from Chalkbeat.org on their Facebook page… New research on a school voucher program in Louisiana found that it hurts students’ math scores — and those scores don’t improve. The voucher program also didn’t improve students’ chances of enrolling in college. http://ow.ly/3zOv30owu1g Originally posted to Facebook 04/24/2019....
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We Agree it’s Wrong to Pit Services Against Each Other
We agree with our friends at Stand Up Blue Valley who posted the following text on Facebook on May 2, 2019. The games they play: Pit services against each other/Who’s the bad guy? Yesterday during the Senate floor debate on whether or not to discuss Medicaid expansion we heard a couple of the familiar anti-public education games being played. Blue Valley area Senators Jim Denning AND Molly Baumgardner BOTH explained, “We can’t expand Medicaid now; what if schools sue again and then we won’t have enough money?” Alert: this post isn’t about Medicaid. It’s about the games they play...
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Leave a Comment SM Post Article re: Gannon Decision
We believe the Kansas Supreme Court made the right decision in finding the legislature substantially complied with its Gannon VI mandate. While legislative action is rarely perfect, we appreciate the bipartisan effort to increase school funding and believe this will provide our school districts a level of budgetary certainty that allows investment in staff and programs in ways that have been lacking for many years. We also believe this funding is sustainable and that the court showed appropriate deference to legislative and agency decision-making. We urge our community to remember this case isn’t merely about money, but is...
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Leave a Comment Unanimous Supreme Court Gannon Decision
An article regarding the recent Gannon Decision. https://www.cjonline.com/…/kansas-supreme-court-affirms-con… Originally posted to Facebook on 06/15/2019....
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