We have just gone through years of underfunding our schools, lengthy court cases and political battles to finally get adequate and equitable funding, and we have recently experienced the worst disruption to education in a century — the COVID pandemic. “And here is how we have emerged from these significant...
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Economist makes the argument against vouchers
Another study showing how the free market is not appropriate for education, especially for the disadvantaged kids they claim it will help. “Harris explains how schools are ill-suited for a free market approach, and so, when looking at current school choice policy he finds, ‘the current direction of policy is...
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No comments Kris Kobach wants to end the lawsuit keeping Kansas public schools funded. Awful idea
We oppose Kobach’s request for the court to end its jurisdiction over the Gannon case. “History shows that when Kansas legislators are left to their own devices, they fall back on bad habits that underfund the state’s community and neighborhood schools. That is a particular danger now, when the Republicans...
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No comments Kobach asks Supreme Court to give up jurisdiction in education case
“Judith Deedy, executive director of Game on Kansas, a public education advocacy group, said she was ‘vehemently’ opposed to the court giving up jurisdiction. “’This school year is the first year of full funding of the Gannon agreement,’ Deedy said, alluding to the last name of the lead plaintiff in...
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