We add spreading misinformation on test scores to Rep. Talarico’s list but he is absolutely correct about the “discredit and defund” two-step plan. It’s promoted in Kansas by various Koch-funded entities. Make sure your community members understand this. Watch this video here: https://www.facebook.com/RepTalarico/videos/698962275457102 Originally posted on Facebook on Nov. 19th,...
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Texans speak out against voucher schemes that benefit the wealthy
Vouchers are welfare for the well-off. Claims they are about helping poor kids are just the way to get them passed. Then they get expanded so that the majority of students using them never attended public schools. Watch this video from Texas, where rural Republicans are voting with Democrats to...
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No comments Resilience and improvement in Kansas public schools, despite underfunded years
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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No comments 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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