Author: Bob Weeks
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Kansas school spending: Visualization
An interactive visualization of revenue and spending data for Kansas school districts.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Journalist, novelist, and blogger Bud Norman on presidential politics
In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV: Journalist, novelist, and blogger Bud Norman joins host Bob Weeks to discuss presidential election politics.
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ACT Scores and State Rankings, 2015
ACT Scores and State Rankings, 2015
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Simple tasks for Kansas Legislature
In this excerpt from WichitaLiberty.TV: There are things simple and noncontroversial that the Kansas Legislature should do in its upcoming session.
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Empowering and engaging Wichitans, or not
Does the City of Wichita really want to “empower and engage citizens by providing information necessary to keep them informed on the actions their government is taking?”
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In Sedgwick County, choosing your own benchmarks
The Sedgwick County Commission makes a bid for accountability with an economic development agency, but will likely fall short of anything meaningful.
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Spending and taxing in Kansas
Difficulty balancing the Kansas budget is different from, and has not caused, widespread spending cuts.
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Brownback and Obama stimulus plans
There are useful lessons we can learn from the criticism of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, including how easy it is to ignore inconvenient lessons of history.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Goals for the Kansas Legislature, school choice in Kansas
In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV: There are worthy goals the Kansas Legislature should tackle, and the need for school choice in Kansas.
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After years of low standards, Kansas schools adopt truthful standards
In a refreshing change, Kansas schools have adopted realistic standards for students, but only after many years of evaluating students using low standards.
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Kansas schools and other states
A joint statement released by Kansas Association of School Boards, United School Administrators of Kansas, Kansas School Superintendents’ Association, and Kansas National Education Association makes claims about Kansas public schools that aren’t factual.
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Must it be public schools?
A joint statement released by Kansas Association of School Boards, United School Administrators of Kansas, Kansas School Superintendents’ Association, and Kansas National Education Association exposes the attitudes of the Kansas public school establishment.