Category: Wichita and Kansas schools
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KNEA, the Kansas teachers union, open to reform?
Do the teachers unions in Kansas, particularly Kansas National Education Association (KNEA), have the best interests of schoolchildren as their primary goal?
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Kansas school teacher cuts
As Kansas struggles with its budget and decides what to do with public schools, advocates of public school spending exaggerate claims of pending job cuts and fail to take advantage of an opportunity to improve our state’s base of teachers.
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In Kansas, school reformers not wanted
The Kansas public school establishment expects school board members to be compliant and unquestioning.
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Kansas school reform issues
As Kansas struggles to find funding for its public schools and other functions of government, we’re losing an opportunity to examine our schools and see if they’re performing as well as they should, both financially and academically.
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Most Kansas students not ready for college
While Kansas high school students perform slightly better than the nation, only 26 percent of students that take the ACT test are ready for college-level coursework in all four areas that ACT considers.
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Wichita school district makes transparency effort
A recent transparency effort by USD 259, the Wichita public school district, is welcome, but we need to wait to see if the district’s past poor attitude towards open records can be reversed.
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Kansas ranks low in policies on teacher quality
States are the primary drivers of teacher policy, and the states, particularly Kansas, are not doing a good job promoting teacher quality.
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Kansas school spending: the charts
Kansas school spending was down for the most recent school year.
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Wichita school district seeks budget advice
The Wichita public school district claims budget cuts despite the fact that spending has increased. Now it seeks advice on its budget.
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Kansas school funds on the rise
Kansas schools, while presenting a gloomy financial outlook, have failed to spend all the funds they’ve been given.
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Kansas school spending: citizens again are uninformed
Kansans, like most Americans, are uninformed about the level of school spending. Reaction of the education bureaucracy indicates that uninformed citizens are their preference.
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Kansas schools cut, yet fail to spend
Kansas schools have cut staff and teachers at the same time carryover fund balances have increased.