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Brownback’s Lack of Leadership on Common Core Defunding

April 8, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

The Kansas Senate on Thursday night voted to defund the Common Core State Standards after an amendment to the school finance bill overwhelmingly. The Lawrence Journal-World reports: The Kansas Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday night to prohibit schools from spending money to implement the Common Core standards for reading and math. The amendment, sponsored by Sen. […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core Defunding, Common Core State Standards, Kansas House, Kansas Legislature, Kansas Senate, Sam Brownback

Common Core is for the Birds

March 31, 2014 By Kristin George

You may (or may not) have heard about the current news surrounding Kansas and the lesser prairie chicken…. Kansas will join lawsuit over federal listing of lesser prairie chicken as threatened EXCERPT: Kansas will join a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over listing the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species, […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Kansans Against Common Core, Kansas Legislature, Sam Brownback

Kansas Update: Keep Calling Legislators to Stop Common Core

May 30, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

From Kristin George of Kansans Against Common Core: TODAY AND TOMORROW make calls to the following House and Senate leaders, they have staff answering phone calls.  Ask the legislator to “Please find a way to stop Common Core in KS this legislative session.”  Sen. Susan Wagle – Senate President 785-296-2419 susan.wagle@senate.ks.gov   Aly Rodee – […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Kansans Against Common Core, Kansas Legislature

Action Alert for Kansas

May 28, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

From Dr. Walt Chappell: There is a Plan B taking shape to defund the CCS by the Kansas Legislature before they adjourn for the year.  Their legislative session is due to  end this Friday. If you and your networks can assist with emails sent to the personal accounts of both House and Senate members, they […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Kansas House, Kansas Legislature, Kansas Senate

Stop Common Core Progress Update

May 25, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

We are drawing close to the end of the state legislative sessions.  I thought it would be a good time to highlight the progress that has been made in fighting the Common Core.  If you look back just a few months ago you can see how far our movement has come.  Some significant progress was […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Chuck Grassley, Common Core State Standards, Fight Common Core, Georgia GOP, Iowa Legislature, Kansas Legislature, Louisiana Senate, Michigan Legislature, Nathan Deal, North Carolina Senate, Ohio Legislature, Oklahoma Legislature, PARCC, Pennsylvania Legislature, Republican National Committee, Smarter Balanced Assessments, States Fighting Common Core, Tom Corbett, Utah GOP, Wisconsin Legislature

It’s Not Too Late for Kansans to Fight the Common Core

April 29, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Kansans Against Common Core sent me an update over the weekend about efforts to revive HB 2289 that was shot down in the Kansas House Committee on Education back in March. Senator Susan Wagle, President of the Senate has stated her opposition to Common Core at a presentation she gave on Friday. This is good […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, HB 2289, Kansas House Committee on Education, Kansas Legislature

Kansas Anti-Common Core Bill Defeated in Committee

March 27, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Last week the Kansas House Committee on Education voted down HB 2289 on an 11-7 vote.  The Kansas Legislature website does not give the vote count.  I have called State Representative John Bradford’s office (he sponsored the bill) to request that information.  They are currently on a four-day recess for Easter. The Topeka Capitol-Journal gives […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, John Bradford, Kansas House Committee on Education, Kansas Legislature, Kasha Kelley, Shanti Gandhi, Topeka Capitol-Journal

Update on Kansas Anti-Common Core Bill

March 20, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

2nd Update: There will be a hearing TOMORROW (March 21st) at 12:00 PM Room 112-N of the Kansas State Capitol. Update: Ok, evidently the bill is now back in the Education Committee.  I’m not sure what that means. Here are the members of the education committee. Rep. Kasha Kelley (Chair) Rep. Ward Cassidy (Vice Chair) Rep. Ed […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Amanda Grosserode, Barbara Ballard, Bob Grant, Brian Weber, Common Core State Standards, Dave Crum, Gene Suellentrop, Harold Lane, HB 2289, Jerry Henry, Jerry Lunn, John Bradford, Kansas House, Kansas House Committee on Appropriations, Kansas House Committee on Education, Kansas Legislature, Kasha Kelley, Kyle Hoffman, Marc Rhoades, Mark Huton, Mark Kahrs, Marvin Kleeb, Nile Dillmore, Pete DeGraaf, Richard Carlson, Ron Ryckman, Sharon Schwartz, Sydney Carlin, Virgil Peck, Ward Cassidy

Anti-Common Core Bill Introduced in Kansas

February 14, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

From the Topeka Capital-Journal: A bill in the House Committee on Education would force the Kansas State Department of Education to scrap and replace newly adopted mathematics and English standards and develop tests to match them — something the department says would cost millions of dollars… …Under current law, the Kansas State Board of Education […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, HB 2289, House Bill 2289, Kansas Department of Education, Kansas House, Kansas House Committee on Education, Kansas Legislature, Kansas State Board of Education

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