Game On for Kansas Schools
@gameonkansas.bsky.social
Public Education Advocacy Organization supporting students, educators and everyone who help make quality public education accessible to all! #ksleg #ksed
School board elections are important! Please be an informed voter and make sure your family, friends and neighbors are, too!
These are the candidates we think will best serve their community schools and their students and staff.
These are the candidates we think will best serve their community schools and their students and staff.
October 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
School board elections are important! Please be an informed voter and make sure your family, friends and neighbors are, too!
These are the candidates we think will best serve their community schools and their students and staff.
These are the candidates we think will best serve their community schools and their students and staff.
While we are seeing fewer of these candidates this year, we are providing endorsements in races where candidates with more extreme views are running against more traditional school board candidates.
October 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
While we are seeing fewer of these candidates this year, we are providing endorsements in races where candidates with more extreme views are running against more traditional school board candidates.
We oppose candidates who
⚠️ Support vouchers
⚠️ Promote book bans and censorship
⚠️ Undermine trust in professional educators
⚠️ Support vouchers
⚠️ Promote book bans and censorship
⚠️ Undermine trust in professional educators
October 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
We oppose candidates who
⚠️ Support vouchers
⚠️ Promote book bans and censorship
⚠️ Undermine trust in professional educators
⚠️ Support vouchers
⚠️ Promote book bans and censorship
⚠️ Undermine trust in professional educators
We support candidates who
✅ Believe strong public schools make strong communities
✅ Want all children to feel welcome and empowered at school
✅ Will work productively with district staff to support our students.
✅ Believe strong public schools make strong communities
✅ Want all children to feel welcome and empowered at school
✅ Will work productively with district staff to support our students.
October 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
We support candidates who
✅ Believe strong public schools make strong communities
✅ Want all children to feel welcome and empowered at school
✅ Will work productively with district staff to support our students.
✅ Believe strong public schools make strong communities
✅ Want all children to feel welcome and empowered at school
✅ Will work productively with district staff to support our students.
"The analysis also says the diversion of taxpayer dollars away from public schools has led to schools being shut down, teachers being laid off and the loss of other resources like extracurricular activities."
April 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"The analysis also says the diversion of taxpayer dollars away from public schools has led to schools being shut down, teachers being laid off and the loss of other resources like extracurricular activities."
"The report notes that in many states, initial predictions for the cost of voucher programs were vastly underestimated. In Arizona, the first year of universal vouchers had been projected to cost $33 million but eventually reached almost $550 million, the report said.
April 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"The report notes that in many states, initial predictions for the cost of voucher programs were vastly underestimated. In Arizona, the first year of universal vouchers had been projected to cost $33 million but eventually reached almost $550 million, the report said.
"'What we are seeing is unaccredited, like strip mall schools that are popping up all over the place, and they're opening up, they're shutting down,' Lewis said...'
April 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"'What we are seeing is unaccredited, like strip mall schools that are popping up all over the place, and they're opening up, they're shutting down,' Lewis said...'
"'What we are seeing is unaccredited, like strip mall schools that are popping up all over the place, and they're opening up, they're shutting down,' Lewis said...'
April 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"'What we are seeing is unaccredited, like strip mall schools that are popping up all over the place, and they're opening up, they're shutting down,' Lewis said...'
"In some places, unaccredited schools are opening their doors to take advantage of voucher programs, usually charging around the amount a voucher offers.
April 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
"In some places, unaccredited schools are opening their doors to take advantage of voucher programs, usually charging around the amount a voucher offers.
"'I realized that it wasn't my choice, it was their choice. It's the private schools' choice, because they can pick and choose who they take,' she said. 'So even if a student shows up with a voucher, they might not accept you.'
April 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"'I realized that it wasn't my choice, it was their choice. It's the private schools' choice, because they can pick and choose who they take,' she said. 'So even if a student shows up with a voucher, they might not accept you.'
"Mamani said she experienced that firsthand when she and her ex-husband had tried to send their children to private school when they were younger. The school accepted her daughter, she said, but not her son—who was later diagnosed with learning disabilities.
April 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Mamani said she experienced that firsthand when she and her ex-husband had tried to send their children to private school when they were younger. The school accepted her daughter, she said, but not her son—who was later diagnosed with learning disabilities.
But in a Paradise Valley ZIP code with a median household income of $173,000, an estimated 28 vouchers were being used per 100 school-age children...
April 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
But in a Paradise Valley ZIP code with a median household income of $173,000, an estimated 28 vouchers were being used per 100 school-age children...
In a West Phoenix ZIP code where the median household income was $46,700 a year, ProPublica estimated that only a single voucher was being used per 100 school-age children.
April 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
In a West Phoenix ZIP code where the median household income was $46,700 a year, ProPublica estimated that only a single voucher was being used per 100 school-age children.
An analysis of Arizona Department of Education data for Maricopa County by ProPublica last year found that lower-income families in the state were using the voucher program far less than wealthier ones.
April 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
An analysis of Arizona Department of Education data for Maricopa County by ProPublica last year found that lower-income families in the state were using the voucher program far less than wealthier ones.
"There is evidence that voucher programs are largely being used toward tuition costs for students from wealthier families who were already in private school.
April 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
"There is evidence that voucher programs are largely being used toward tuition costs for students from wealthier families who were already in private school.
'In effect, rural communities' tax dollars are subsidizing private school students in urban schools,' the report said...
April 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
'In effect, rural communities' tax dollars are subsidizing private school students in urban schools,' the report said...
"The report also notes that access to private schools varies across the country. Only 34 percent of rural families live within five miles of at least one private school compared to 94 percent of urban families...
April 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
"The report also notes that access to private schools varies across the country. Only 34 percent of rural families live within five miles of at least one private school compared to 94 percent of urban families...
"Leda DeVlieger, a mother of two and substitute teacher from Gilbert, Arizona, told Newsweek: 'It just feels like a push to privatize where the wealthy get educated and the poor don't...'
April 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
"Leda DeVlieger, a mother of two and substitute teacher from Gilbert, Arizona, told Newsweek: 'It just feels like a push to privatize where the wealthy get educated and the poor don't...'
According to the report, a collaboration between the Partnership for Equity and Education Rights and 34 education advocacy groups, in some states with voucher programs, the cost of tuition at top-rated private schools far exceed the amount a voucher provides.
April 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
According to the report, a collaboration between the Partnership for Equity and Education Rights and 34 education advocacy groups, in some states with voucher programs, the cost of tuition at top-rated private schools far exceed the amount a voucher provides.