GOP destroys Kansas.......
I live in Kansas. I am an educator. My state has just eliminated teacher licensing requirements for six school districts, including a major suburban district known for the affluence of its students. On paper, this is being spun as a positive thing. Supporters of this decision claim it will allow experts to fill teaching positions that would normally be occupied by certified generalists (those with Education degrees who have a sub-specialty, as most teachers in the state do). In reality, it is a continued assault on education in the state of Kansas. Not only does it open the door for unqualified people to assume the responsibility of managing a classroom and imparting knowledge to students, but it is a transparent effort to recruit "educators" more in line with the anti-science, anti-secular, anti-critical-thinking agenda of the Kansas GOP.
The current GOP legislature has made gutting our public education system one of its top priorities. Their school funding scheme was found unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court. Budget cuts have resulted in many smaller school districts being forced to close early, and according to friends who teach in these mostly small, rural communities, teachers are no longer permitted to charge their phones in their classroom or use a lamp at their desks, since the state needs to save electricity. Governor Sam Brownback has an open disdain for public schooling that has trickled down to the legislature. The man LOOOOVES his school vouchers, which are a handy way to direct tax money to private schools while blustering about "options."
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/15/1402599/-NOW-what-s-the-matter-with-Kansas
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