This article provides helpful background to the SPED task force meeting that was held today. “The goal of the task force, required by a bill approved by the 2023 Legislature, was to figure out how best to comply with an older statute mandating that state funding cover 92% of the...
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Plan to “discredit and defund” public schools in Texas, and here in Kansas too
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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No comments 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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