Before we wrap today, I would like to note that far-right conservative candidates appear to have fallen short in Johnson County and Baldwin City school board races. According to the Game on for Kansas Schools group, ‘It was a very good election (though not perfect) for traditional candidates and a...
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House K-12 Education Budget Committee Laying the Groundwork to Redirect Public Money to Private Schools
Do these two parents speak for you? There were the only two parents invited to testify at last week’s bizarre hearing on “Critical Pedagogy.” We’re still trying to come up with our own response, but here’s a summary from The Kansas Reflector. The voucher bill this hearing was designed to...
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Also….ACTION ALERT! SB 61 (tax credit scholarship expansion) will be on the Senate floor at 2:30 TODAY! Urge your senator to vote NO. “Yet if the rationale for Kansas vouchers is to improve educational outcomes for at-risk youth, then wouldn’t we expect these bills to serve students who are actually...
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No comments Op-Ed Says We Should Be Celebrating Our Public Schools, Not Undercutting Them
An Op-Ed in the Kansas Reflector by Liz Meitl asks why the Legislature is advancing neovoucher schemes at this time. What would seem reasonable, then, would be for Kansas’ elected leaders to take this moment to celebrate the amazing, inspiring work of educators, and to help us support our students...
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