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Worst-Ever Attacks on Public Schools

Posted by kidscantwait
on Apr, 19, 2015
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I am old as dirt. I was born in 1940. Do the math. I lived through the recovery days of the Depression, World War II, the drought in the 1950’s, the Bay of Pigs crisis, Viet Nam, the assassinations of John Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, 9/11. Well, you know. For 41 of […]

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Posted by kidscantwait
on Mar, 01, 2015
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Please note that this list is tentative. It includes bills filed relating to our goals, but we may or may not take a position on each one. Also, the position we take may change if the bill is amended, or if there is a committee substitute. The Legislative Report Card that Texas Kids Can’t Wait […]

Post Tagged with accountability, adequate funding, assessment, charter schools, equitable funding, home schools, parent trigger, Prekindergarten funding, Texas Kids Can't Wait, Texas legislation, Texas Opportunity School, vouchers

Posted by kidscantwait
on May, 18, 2013
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We invite you to download MONEY STILL MATTERS by Bonnie Lesley and published by the Equity Center. Go to www.equitycenter.org . Click on the book at bottom right-hand corner of page. This publication documents the research not only on how money does matter in quality schools, but also the five areas where money is best […]

Posted by kidscantwait
on Feb, 02, 2013
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On January 29, 2013, Texas Kids Can’t Wait co-hosted with the McLennan County Democratic Party a public forum on the importance of equitable and adequate school funding for all Texas schools and the reasons to oppose all moves toward privatization (vouchers, removing the charter cap, closing low performing schools in two years instead of six […]

Post Tagged with adequate funding, advocacy for children, Bonnie Lesley, equitable funding, Linda Ethridge, Malcolm Duncan, privatization, texas public schools, vouchers

Posted by kidscantwait
on Jan, 15, 2013
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I read and reread Sahlberg’s book called “Finnish Lessons” in preparation for writing my 2012 policy paper for the Equity Center. It is just excellent! I recommend that everyone read it. He details what it is that that country has done that has led to it leading the world in international assessments. In many, many […]

Post Tagged with assessment, education equity, equitable funding, Finland, prevention of failure, privatization, public education, quality teachers

Posted by kidscantwait
on Jan, 03, 2013
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Just as we in Texas are forming a statewide coalition of like-minded organizations to influence the legislature, people are at work across the country to form a national movement of educators, parents, and citizens in general to protect public schools from the privatizers and to ensure equitable/adequate funding, as well as to create a sane […]

Post Tagged with accountability, adequate funding, coalition, equitable funding, grassroots organization, privatization

Posted by kidscantwait
on Nov, 03, 2012
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When we first began to talk about constituency groups who might be rallied to come to the defense of equitable and adequate funding for public schools AND against privatization schemes, we thought immediately of all those involved in public school athletics–the kids, their coaches, the booster clubs, the marching band, the cheerleaders, the drill teams, […]

Post Tagged with adequate funding, budget cuts, equitable funding, Friday night lights, pay to play, private schools, privatization of schools, school choice, Texas athletics, virtual schools, vouchers

Posted by kidscantwait
on Oct, 31, 2012
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Scroll down the page to find this blog: http://www.jimdunnam.com/

Post Tagged with adequacy, budget cuts, charters, education equity, equitable funding, private schools, privatization of schools, school choice, separation of church and state, Texas schools, virtual schools, vouchers

Posted by kidscantwait
on Oct, 21, 2012
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I received yesterday an email from the Annenberg Institute about Communities for Public Education Reform, who are committed to many of the same goals that those of us in Texas Kids Can’t Wait are committed to. Go to this link to read the story and watch the video. Some great ideas! http://annenberginstitute.org/commentary/2012/10/time-now-building-movement-educational-justice

Post Tagged with accountability, adequate funding, assessment, child poverty, education equity, equitable funding, parent engagement, private schools, privatization, public schools, school choice, virtual schools, vouchers, whole child

Posted by kidscantwait
on Oct, 20, 2012
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The following link will take you to a report from the Texas Comptroller’s office about spending in Texas for public education–something that lots of people are talking about this coming week when the court hearing begins in the case where 70% of the state’s school districts are suing the State of Texas due to inadequate […]

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Worst-Ever Attacks on Public Schools

84th Legislature: Bills Filed Relating to TKCW Goals

Money Still Matters by Bonnie Lesley

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A National Organization

Athletics May Be Our Secret Weapon

School Choice, Private School Vouchers, Parental Choice–On the Way? by Jim Dunnam, Oct. 18, 2012

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