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Education reformer to speak in Wichita
Read more: Education reformer to speak in WichitaNoted education activist and reformer John Taylor Gatto will be appearing in Wichita on May 22. Gatto will present an insider’s perspective on problems within public schools. He is the author of The Underground History of American Education: A Schoolteacher’s Intimate Investigation Into the Problem of Modern Schooling.
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Future of the tea party protests
Read more: Future of the tea party protestsThe Washington Times ponders the future of the tea party protest movement in Anti-tax crusade to storm Capitol. One promising sign: “In some areas we’ve noticed tea party activists are getting involved in local government in school boards [and] town councils.”
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Former Wichita Eagle editor addresses journalism, democracy
Read more: Former Wichita Eagle editor addresses journalism, democracyOn Friday, former Wichita Eagle editor W. Davis “Buzz” Merritt Jr. spoke to members and guests of the Wichita Pachyderm Club. He retired as editor of the Eagle in 1999. He is the author of the book Knightfall: Knight Ridder and How the Erosion of Newspaper Journalism Is Putting Democracy at Risk. Merritt said there…
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School finance attorney criticizes budget cuts
Read more: School finance attorney criticizes budget cutsYou had to see this one coming. The Kansas school spending lobby has been wondering out loud if cuts to school funding would prompt a renewal of the Kansas school funding lawsuit.
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Kansas legislative roundup
Read more: Kansas legislative roundupHighlights of session summarized (Tim Carpenter, Topeka Capital-Journal)
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Articles of Interest
Read more: Articles of InterestWichita school funding, Wichita city property, Kansas campaigns, Great Depression, No Child Left Behind.
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Kansas City charter school succeeds in urban environment
Read more: Kansas City charter school succeeds in urban environmentUSD 259, the Wichita public school district, doesn’t want them. The Kansas National Education Association (KNEA) — the teachers union — doesn’t want them either. But where they’re able to exist, charter schools usually do a good job. They often excel. And where they don’t do a good job, they usually go out of business.
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Wichita geophysicist to speak on climate change, politics
Read more: Wichita geophysicist to speak on climate change, politicsDennis Hedke is a professional geophysicist who will offer some insight into the Earth’s climate change and its relation to the political climate. This will be a Powerpoint presentation and should be very informative. Dennis is wading into the fray on the issue of climate change in an attempt to inform the public as to…
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I’ll help you with technology
Read more: I’ll help you with technologyI hate to see activists struggle with technology. Whether it’s creating and managing a blog, using Facebook or Twitter, or just using computers and the Internet effectively, I’d like to help.
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Rebranding the green message
Read more: Rebranding the green messageThe New York Times wrote a story about it, but it doesn’t seem to be gaining much traction. The article, published last Saturday, is titled Seeking to Save the Planet, With a Thesaurus. It tells of a memo accidentally sent to news media. Written by ecoAmerica, an “environmental marketing and messaging firm,” the memo describes…
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Final budget legislation still fails to provide long-term budget solutions for Kansas
Read more: Final budget legislation still fails to provide long-term budget solutions for KansasHere’s a message from Americans For Prosperity — Kansas that, I believe, accurately assesses the current legislative session — now nearly over — and also the past few sessions. AFP State Director Derrick Sontag doesn’t mention the inflow of federal stimulus funds which took a lot of pressure off the legislature. That stimulus money isn’t…
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Neodymium illustrates a consequence
Read more: Neodymium illustrates a consequenceOur technology and economy is so complex and interdependent that it’s often impossible to predict the effect of one thing on another. Sometimes things done with the best of intentions — driving hybrid cars and building wind turbines, for example — have unintended consequences.