“The Kansas State Board of Education often goes unnoticed, both by voters and the media, in the hurly-burly of state politics. It would be a mistake to overlook these races this fall. The future of our schools — and the young Kansans they educate — is at stake.” “The Kansas...
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Education Groups Unite and Call for Opposition to SB 387, Flawed Education Funding Bill
Contact your Senator now and urge a NO vote on SB 387! Originally posted on Facebook on April 4th, 2024....
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No comments Advocates refute calls for “an end to Social Emotional Learning” at state BOE meeting
In late September, the Kansas Republican Party passed a resolution calling for an end to Social Emotional Learning (SEL). We heard that multiple people were planning to offer public comments at today’s State Board of Education meeting in Topeka, so our own Judith Deedy spoke to encourage the board to...
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No comments State Board of Ed not the place for limiting education materials and literary content, despite one member’s failed attempt
At the September Kansas State Board of Education meeting, Danny Zeck went on a tirade seeking a new requirement that teachers alert parents when they will have “smut” in instructional materials. We’ll try to unpack how wrong this was from the impropriety of Zeck’s proposal to his telling either Chair...
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