Register now for free tickets to a private screening of the documentary, “Giving Kids a Fighting Chance,” followed by a panel discussion of how Kansas students can obtain the same great opportunities.

About this Event

Student achievement in Lyon County and all across Kansas is disappointingly low.

According to the Kansas Department of Education, 45% of Lyon County 10th-graders are below grade level in Math; 39% are at grade level but still need remedial training, and only 16% are on track for college and career.

Achievement unfortunately has been declining over the years in Kansas. But not in Florida.

Low-income 4th-graders in Florida have gone from about the worst in the nation in 1998 to the best in the nation now.

Florida’s remarkable turnaround is the subject of a short documentary entitled “Giving Kids a Fighting Chance.”

Register now for free tickets to the movie followed by a discussion of how Kansas students can obtain the same great opportunities.

Join us Friday, January 22nd. Doors open at 6:00 p.m., the program starts at 6:30 p.m.

The program includes:

• Giving Kids a Fighting Chance – a 35-minute film documenting how Florida officials produced remarkable gains in student achievement
• Panel discussion  – with Dave Trabert, CEO of Kansas Policy Institute and (invited) Senator Jeff Longbine, Representatives Ron Highland, Mark Schreiber, and Eric Smith, and school district officials.
• Friday, January 22, 2021
  Doors open at 6:00 pm, the program starts at 6:30 pm
• Emporia Humanitarian Center
  215 West Sixth Ave.

Tickets are free, but space is limited to allow for adequate space for social distancing.