Category: Wichita and Kansas schools
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Kansas school spending, sort of
A recent article in the Topeka Capital-Journal complained of the plight of schools in Kansas. Like much reporting we see regarding Kansas schools, the story is incomplete.
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Kansas school employment trends de-emphasize classroom teachers
A large body of research shows that nothing benefits students more than having effective teachers in the classroom. What is the tend of teacher employment in Kansas schools?
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Kansas Association of School Boards: Putting institutions and money before individual students
In Kansas, institutional demands for more money continue to drive the debate, writes Dave Trabert of Kansas Policy Institute.
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Spinning for fundraising, Kansas-style
Kansas liberals accuse Republicans of “spinning” statistics on school funding. Can we look at some actual numbers?
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Kansas school logic, Goddard-style
Data from KSDE shows that the Goddard school district has increased the number of teachers and other certified employees in recent years, and the corresponding ratios of these employees to students has fallen.
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Kansas school spending, by district
For each school district (and state totals) you can see the trend in each of the three sources of school funding (state, federal, and local) along with the total
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Kansas test scores unchanged
In the four areas measured and released (math at grade four and eight; reading at grade four and eight), the scores for Kansas have no significant change.
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Kansas school spending, visualized
Now that Kansas State Department of Education has released spending figures for the 2012-2013 school year, I’ve gathered the data and prepared two interactive visualizations.
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Wichita school district checkbook updated
Here is checkbook data for the Wichita public school district analyzed in several ways.
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Shortchanging Kansas schoolchildren, indeed
This month the New York Times published an editorial that advocates for more spending on Kansas public schools. While getting some facts wrong, the piece also overlooks the ways that Kansas schoolchildren are truly being shortchanged.
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Kansas school spending holding steady
New figures from the Kansas State Department of Education show that spending on public schools in Kansas is rising in actual dollars, and holding steady in inflation-adjusted dollars.
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Kansas schools do not have rigorous standards, despite newspaper editorials
A Kansas City Star editorial makes a case for higher school spending in Kansas, but is based on a premise that doesn’t exist in fact.