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• Tax cuts are a cost, says Kansas teachers union

  
  Voice For Liberty in Wichita — Authority: 503
  For those who believe in the principle of self-ownership , taxes are a violation of that principle. But to those who depend on government for their funding, taxes are viewed differently. To them, any move to reduce taxes is viewed as a cost to government . People who value economic freedom, however, view tax cuts as ...
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• Kansans, including governor, rally for school spending, taxes

  
  Voice For Liberty in Wichita — Authority: 503
  Today in Topeka supporters of more taxes for Kansas public school spending marched from the headquarters of Kansas National Education Association (or KNEA , the teachers union), to the Kansas Capitol, where they heard from speakers including Governor Parkinson. The crowd, braving the windy and cold weather, was ...
  2 days ago

• As Kansas teachers union rallies, schools stagnate under its rules

  
  Voice For Liberty in Wichita — Authority: 503
  Today in Topeka about one thousand supporters of higher taxes for more Kansas public school spending rallied at the Kansas Capitol. Their march on the statehouse started at the headquarters of the Kansas National Education Association (or KNEA , the teachers union), and KNEA president Blake West spoke at the ...
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• Kansas school district consolidation, reorganization testimony heard

  
  Voice For Liberty in Wichita — Authority: 503
  Last week the Kansas House Education Budget Committee heard testimony on HB 2728 . The key provision of this bill is that Kansas school districts would be required to have a minimum of 10,000 students. It also requires conforming to a common chart of accounts, and that school finance information be placed on the ...
  4 days ago

• Edythe M. Abdullah Reappointed

  
  Muslim Media Network — Authority: 477
  Dr. Edythe M. Abdullah, 56, of Jacksonville, campus president of Florida State College at Jacksonville, was reappointed for a term beginning March 9, 2010, and ending January 6, 2015. Dr. Abdullah began her career at Florida Community College as an admissions adviser in 1985. Since then she has progressed along the ...
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• The National Education Association

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 499
  Abstract         The NEA, the nation’s largest labor union, is a strongly liberal interest group centered on public education, particularly the benefits of teachers, administrators, and other professionals in the education field.  In its long, 150 year history, it has improved the quality of education ...
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• Hope and Failure in America’s Schools, Part One

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 531
    Three-quarters of the way through the 2009-2010 school year, schools are very much in the news, both in the good news category and the not so good. Today, from the Good News Department offering hope for the future: Virginia Senate Votes to Expand Charter Schools: Much to the chagrin of the National ...
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• Kansas schools fail to make cut for grants

  
  Voice For Liberty in Wichita — Authority: 503
  Last year Secretary of Education Arne Duncan created a program named “Race to the Top” which would make grants to states that are willing to make certain reforms. Two such reforms prominently mentioned by Duncan and President Barack Obama are charter schools and merit pay for teachers. We now know that Kansas was ...
  2 weeks ago

• School’s Reading Effort Another Seuss-ful Success

  
  The Sanatoga Post — Authority: 441
  Guest readers, including members of the Pottsgrove High School football team, were among the celebrities visiting Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School for Tuesdays Read Across America event. POTTSTOWN PA – The annual celebration that was Read Across America Day (Tuesday, March 2, 2010) at Lower Pottsgrove ...
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• >>I told you before Big Labor is coming for you. (a must read)

  
  And So I Go: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow — Authority: 431
  Unions: Forever War Unions have been at war with the people since the 1960’s when they began to lose their membership and therefore the huge piles of money commonly called Union Dues.  Look up the unions and you will find they all have mob connections.  First the mobs extorted people and were into every sleazy ...
  2 weeks ago

• Idaho schools honor Dr. Seuss as part of “Read Across America”

  
  Talk Radio 950 KOZE-AM — Authority: 494
  The National Education Association’s ‘Read Across America’ kicked off Tuesday in schools around Idaho.The yearly event marks the birth anniversary of Dr. Seuss and encourages kids to read just for the fun of it.Boise third grade teacher Emilie Eisenberger says the goal is to inspire a life-long love of reading, ...
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• Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

  
  Mombian — Authority: 469
  Happy birthday to Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, who was born on this date in 1904. As those of you with children in elementary school likely know, today is also Read Across America Day , an an annual reading motivation and awareness program run by the National Education Association (NEA). I feel obliged to ...
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• Read Across America and Dr. Seuss

  
  The National Writing for Children Center — Authority: 127
  by Amy M. O’Quinn The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. ~Dr. Seuss Mark your calendar for March 2nd! Why, you may ask? Well, at our home we will celebrate my daughter’s tenth birthday on that day. But other children across America ...
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• >>President Obama’s “Pro-Business” Policies Are Killing the Free Market!

  
  And So I Go: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow — Authority: 431
  President Obama’s “Pro-Business” Policies Are Killing the Free Market The President is the stonewall  in the way of the economy improving and all the time he is meeting with these big wig CEO’s and trying to pose himself as pro-business.  If anyone would look at the economy for the past 30 years and the ...
  3 weeks ago

• >>Yes! Finally someone standing up for the kids and firing demanding unionized teachers!

  
  And So I Go: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow — Authority: 431
  For some reason I believe this school superintendent in Rhode Island is a Tea Party Patriot.   We need many more people willing to do the right thing and take action.  I am sure this Ms. Gallo will find replacements for these fired teachers  out there among people who are willing to work for a fair wage and not ...
  3 weeks ago

• Nation’s Schools Should Follow Rhode Island Superintendent Gallo’s Example

  
  Big Government — Authority: 799
  The Education Action Group Foundation will support Central Falls, Rhode Island school Superintendent Frances Gallo with a billboard dedicated to this public school patriot, smack dab in the middle of downtown Central Falls. Gallo’s recent decision to push past teachers union obstruction and do what’s best for ...
  3 weeks ago

• Read Across America Encourages Reading in Everyday Life

  
  GamingAngels — Authority: 550
  The National Education Association (NEA) is encouraging organizations to “build a nation of readers” by bringing kids and books together during its March 2nd Read Across America celebration. Huntington Learning Center is joining the bandwagon by encouraging reading, while also offering tips on how to make ...
  4 weeks ago

• Kansas advocates for disabled face well-funded challenger

  
  Voice For Liberty in Wichita — Authority: 503
  Friday’s press event held by ACT (Advocates in Communities Team) of South Central Kansas provided an opportunity to learn about disabled Kansans and their families, and the challenges they face from reduced spending by the state. The stories told at the event and in supplementary materials are compelling. If there ...
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• Kansas school spending advocates exaggerate employment losses

  
  Voice For Liberty in Wichita — Authority: 503
  Yesterday I reported how Kansas school spending advocates lie about facts in order to score political points with their constituencies . Today we again see how the school spending lobby distorts facts, this time in a very substantial way concerning an important matter. The Kansas Watchdog piece Debunking Education ...
  5 weeks ago

• To Kansas school spending advocates, criticism comes fast and loose

  
  Voice For Liberty in Wichita — Authority: 503
  As the debate over the funding of Kansas public schools goes on, sometimes facts get lost in the shuffle, and school spending advocates sometimes invent “facts” in order to score political points by criticizing those working to bring inconvenient facts to light. Besides spending advocates, journalists can get ...
  5 weeks ago

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