Category: Wichita and Kansas schools
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What we can learn from the piano
The purchase of a piano by a Kansas school district teaches us a lesson. Instead of a system in which schools raise money voluntarily — a system in which customers are happy to buy, donors are happy to give, and schools are grateful to receive — we have strife.
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How do school choice programs affect budgets and performance of school districts?
Opponents of school choice programs argue the programs harm school districts, both financially and in their ability to serve their remaining students. Evidence does not support this position.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Kansas school employment and spending
What is the trend in Kansas school employment? Then, what do citizens know about Kansas school spending? Finally, what did Milton Friedman have to say about private vs. government spending?
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Kansas school funding controversy is about entitlement, not need
When every Johnson County school district qualifies as a property-poor district, you know you have a broken school funding formula … and a controversial claim based on entitlement, writes Dave Trabert of Kansas Policy Institute.
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Judicial panel used cherry-picked data in Gannon decision
If the increase in education funding prescribed in the most recent Gannon decision were to become a reality, it would mean a nice raise for teachers and likely more administrators, but student outcomes would remain flat and achievement gaps would continue, writes David Dorsey of Kansas Policy Institute.
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The philosophy and research supporting at-risk funding
What is the philosophy behind spending more taxpayer dollars to educate economically disadvantaged students, and what does the research say, asks David Dorsey of Kansas Policy Institute.
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A Kansas calamity, at $15,399 per pupil
If things are so bad in Kansas schools at this level of spending, will any amount of spending satisfy school districts?
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For Kansas schools, a share of your income is the standard
If Kansas personal income rises but the school spending establishment doesn’t get its cut, something is wrong, they say.
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Kansas school bonds outstanding
Here is a table and chart of bond activity by Kansas school districts.
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Wichita school district checkbook updated
An interactive table of checkbook spending by the Wichita public school district.
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At risk school funding in Kansas
At risk funding provides extra dollars to schools based on the number of economically disadvantaged students enrolled, writes David Dorsey of Kansas Policy Institute.
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School boards in Kansas
Mark Tallman, associate executive director for advocacy at Kansas Association of School Boards addressed members and guests of the Wichita Pachyderm Club on January 9, 2015. The slides from his presentation are below. [gview file=”http://wichitaliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/School-Boards-in-Kansas-Mark-Tallman-2015-01-09.pdf”]