THE ISSUE: Steve Roberts, a Republican candidate for the Kansas State Board of Education, wants to make it easier for professionals outside the public school system to teach in middle and high schools, arguing that state policies emphasize going back to college to study teaching methods and child development over knowledge of a subject.
THE RACE: Roberts, from Overland Park, faces Cindy Neighbor, a Shawnee Democrat, in the 2nd District of Johnson County. Neighbor argues that Roberts underestimates the need for additional college coursework for second-career teachers.
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THE CANDIDATES: Roberts operates an online tutoring service as “Mr. X, Mentor of Mathematics,” and Neighbor is a former Kansas House member who has served on the Shawnee Mission school board for 16 years.
