Kansas teacher cuts loom over crowding as state supports praised
The Crystal Apple Teacher Recognition Program honors six Garden City teachers including Rob Fabin and Amanda Hawkins while noting Kansas budget cuts reduce teaching positions from 34,?075 to 34,? more crowded classrooms. Enrollment has risen from 473,000 to 483,000, challenging districts to balance attention with larger classes.
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Kansas Department of Education
Kansas
Garden City
Rob Fabin
Kenneth Henderson
Amanda Hawkins
Charles O. Stones Intermediate
Summer Miller
Garden City High School
Dawn Riggs
Buffalo Jones
Kerri Steelman
Shanna Vox
Abe Hubert
Community quotes reference USD 457 credit and lights
Online readers respond to Holcomb City Council tuition reimbursement policy with praise for a past growth credit. In Stevens Park, twelve year old Hunter Luebbers describes the holiday lights effort as a community tradition with extensive displays and blowups.
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Gctelegram.com
Holcomb City
Hunter Luebbers
Stevens Park
Letters Policy for Garden City Telegram
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Kansas governor confronted by fake degree hire blunder
The nine day tenure of Jim Mann as chief information officer exposed vetting failures in Gov. Sam Brownback's administration. Mann, a Florida consultant, resigned after it emerged he held a degree from a non accredited "degree mill." The public furor highlighted broader concerns about credentials and due diligence in statewide hiring. Gwyneth Mellinger of Baker University is named in the background.
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Jim Mann
Kansas
Mann
Sam Brownback
Florida
Statehouse
Nigeria
Associated Press
Texas
Michigan
University of Devonshire
Mann’s Alma
Brownback
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Anarchy and Occupy Wall Street in American Discourse
The piece surveys anarchic impulses behind Occupy Wall Street, condemns violence in Oakland, praises nonviolent protest, and links current upheaval to Enron era lessons. It argues deregulation fueled greed, cites MF Global losses, and endorses reformist voices like Elizabeth Warren while warning against extreme rhetoric.
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Wall Street
United States
Oakland
Calif
America
Enron
Bethany McLean
Peter Elkind
WorldCom
Tyco International
Goldman Sachs
New Jersey
Jon Corzine
MF Global
Eric Cantor
Cantor
Virginia
Rupert Murdoch
Tinue
Angela Davis
Elizabeth Warren
Massachusetts
Washington, D.C
Hollywood’s New America Reflections in Film
NPR host Maria Hinojosa argues movies shape a new American ethos focusing on 99 percent values, justice, and cross-cultural unity. She cites Tower Heist Occupy themes and Puss in Boots Latino influence, contrasting with deportation laws and Footloose’s standing up to bad laws.
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Ro Mor
Ben Stiller
Eddie Murphy
Trump Tower
Bernie Madoff
Alan Alda
America
Wall Street
U.S
Abuela
Bebe
Antonio Banderas
Salma Hayek
Hollywood
Barack Obama
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King Features Syndicate
New America
Maria Hinojosa
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