Category: Education
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Teachers unions vs. students
There is a dilemma in American education. On the one hand, teachers are essential to student achievement. On the other, teachers unions promote self-interests of their members which are antithetical to the interests of students.
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ACT Scores and State Rankings, 2015
ACT Scores and State Rankings, 2015
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College environmentalists use public records laws
College environmentalists are using public records laws to investigate the circumstances surrounding the hiring of an economist at the University of Kansas.
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Academic freedom under fire at Kansas: Will the AAUP be consistent?
Will the AAUP and other national academic organizations defend academic freedom at Kansas with the same zeal they defended it at UVA and Wisconsin?
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Art Hall: My decision to fight for academic freedom
If my private, personal communications are released, I will not be the only one whose academic freedom is jeopardized. The issue is much larger, and could ultimately jeopardize the academic freedom of any scholar at a public institution of higher education, writes Art Hall of the University of Kansas.
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KU records request seen as political attack
A request for correspondence belonging to a Kansas University faculty member is a blatant attempt to squelch academic freedom and free speech.
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Common Core Standards explained
Dr. Mary Byrne discusses the background, development and implementation of Common Core State Standards at a recent event in Wichita.
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Wichita has school choice, they say
Wichita school superintendent John Allison told Wichitans something they probably didn’t know: Parents of Wichita schoolchildren benefit from the district’s school choice program.
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Kansas teachers union: No competition for us
Kansas National Education Association (KNEA), our state’s teachers union, is an effective force that denies Kansas parents the choice as to where to send their children to school. The union also works hard to deny teachers choice in representation.
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The machine is not for the kids
The machine that runs the K-12 education system isn’t designed to produce better schools.
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U.S. public schools seen as threat to national security
The Council on Foreign Relations, described by the Wall Street Journal as “the clubhouse of America’s establishment” is now in favor of something very un-establishment: school choice. The data is so grim, writes the Journal, that the poor performance of American public schools is now a national security issue.
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Class size reduction not effective
The Center for American Progress releases a report on the ineffectiveness of class size reduction.