Author: Bob Weeks
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Downtown Wichita economic development numbers questioned
Wichita needs to be concerned why the city’s political and bureaucratic leadership is not “forthcoming and honest” with citizens regarding economic development results.
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Common core standards: Can a state escape?
Robert Scott, former Texas Education Commissioner, told a Kansas panel about the experience of Texas when it resisted adopting the Common Core Standards.
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In Kansas, arguing about the wrong school issues
In Kansas, we argue about school spending issues rather than relying on natural market forces.
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Kansas and Texas schools and low-income students
If you were the parent of a low-income student, or a student who is a member of an ethnic minority group, in which state would you rather have your child attend school: Kansas or Texas?
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Taxpayer-funded lobbying in Kansas
Local governmental units in Kansas that use taxpayer-funded lobbyists should leverage that expense by making the lobbyists’ work easily available to taxpayers.
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Suitable education in Kansas
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony from those supporting an amendment to the Kansas Constitution regarding school finance.
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Do not criticize the Wichita school board. It’s disrespectful.
After directing a uniformed security guard to station himself near a citizen speaker, Wichita school board president Betty Arnold told the audience: “If we need to clear the room, we will clear the room. This board meeting is being held in public, but it is not for the public, or of the public.”
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Open records in Kansas
Kansas has a weak open records law. Wichita doesn’t want to follow the law, as weak as it is.
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Wichita school board candidates on spending
At a forum for candidates for the board of USD 259, the Wichita public school district, several candidates showed they were not informed on the level of school spending.
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Youth unemployment: It’s a problem
Terence Grado of Generation Opportunity calls in to the Joseph Ashby Show to discuss the problems that America’s youth face.
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Wichita Pachyderm Club: John Todd
John Todd calls in to the Joseph Ashby Show to talk about the Wichita Pachyderm Club.
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Kansas death penalty
What are the issues surrounding the death penalty in Kansas? What position should conservatives take?