Kansas’ teachers have a bold plan: relocate

[KamaAina]

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/kansas-teachers-have-bold-plan-relocate

The results of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s (R) economic experiment haven’t been pretty, but the effects on the state’s public school system have been especially ugly. As Republican state officials scramble to close a budget shortfall caused by tax cuts Kansas couldn’t afford, education has been underfunded to a ridiculous degree.

Some schools even wrapped up the academic year early, lacking the funds necessary to keep the doors open.

Valerie Strauss reported this week in the Washington Post that some Kansas educators have a bold, new plan to deal with the problem: they’re leaving....

According to new data released by the Kansas Department of Education, at least 3,720 teachers left their jobs either by going to other states to teach, retiring or leaving the profession altogether, the Associated Press reported. That, the AP said, was substantially higher than in previous years. KCUR reported in this story by Sam Zeff that Kansas is becoming such a hard place for teachers that many are crossing into Missouri to find jobs.

This is what's the matter with Kansas.

edit: Maybe they could band together and form charters.

[pipoman]

1. There are several things wrong with kansas

But the list is tiny compared to CA...

[chillfactor]

2. good for the teachers...

as a teacher myself.....I spend way too much money out-of-pocket to make sure my students have the materials they need to be successful in the classroom..and I do not live in Kansas..thank goodness! Brownback is destroying Kansas....on many levels...not just education...I was offered a teaching job in Kansas....I told them. "Are you crazy? Who would want to teach in your state?" They offered a salary far below what I make now...