A Letter From a Parent; Why My Children Will Opt Out
Graphic; Opt-Out Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System/AngertAesthetics Originally Published by Ricardo Rosa | March 16, 2014 | Download Flyer Opt-Out Massachusetts I often hear that parental voices are needed in our educational system. Your response to this letter will determine whether or not you truly mean to include […]
Kansas Illegally Underfunds Poorer School Districts, Court Rules
Kindergarten students in Kansas City, Kan., run during a physical education class at Frank Rushton Elementary School, which has a high percentage of poor and at-risk children. (John Hanna / Associated Press / January 9, 2014)
By Alana Semuels | Los Angeles Times. March 7, 2014, 10:43 p.m.
Wading into a battle being fought in state capitols across the nation, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday that disparities in the public funding of school districts violate the state constitution.
The court ordered Kansas to cure these disparities by July 1 and asked a lower court to evaluate how much the state should be investing in public schools.
It was not quite the slam-dunk ruling that school funding advocates had hoped for; the court did not set funding levels, as a lower court had.
But education advocates, who have been battling the Kansas Legislature on school funding levels for more
\Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback listens to kindergarten students during a class on Jan. 23 at Roesland Elementary School in Roeland Park, Ks.John Milburn/AP Originally Published at Education Justice. March 14, 2014 After a 16-day trial in Gannon v. State of Kansas, a three-judge panel found that the […]
