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. […]
Common Core is for the Birds
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, […]
Kansas Update: Keep Calling Legislators to Stop Common Core
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 – […]
Action Alert for Kansas
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 […]
Stop Common Core Progress Update
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 […]
It’s Not Too Late for Kansans to Fight the Common Core
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 […]
Kansas Anti-Common Core Bill Defeated in Committee
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 […]
Update on Kansas Anti-Common Core Bill
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 […]
Anti-Common Core Bill Introduced in Kansas
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 […]