Category: Wichita and Kansas schools
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AFP releases Kansas education spending policy primer
Americans for Prosperity-Kansas has released a three-page document that details some facts about Kansas spending on schools and education. “There have been claims that funding for schools has ‘returned to pre-Montoy levels,’” said AFP-Kansas state director Derrick Sontag. “However the policy primer clearly shows that K-12 education has realized nearly a $1 billion increase in…
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Kansas school funding email confuses, misleads
Kansas Liberty is reporting that an email message making the rounds is based on incorrect and misleading information.
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Kansas school spending advocates: no alternative views welcome
On Monday and Tuesday, the Kansas House Appropriations Committee held hearings, and big topics were Kansas school funding and the Kansas budget. The reaction by school spending advocates to two speakers is illustrative of the highly divisive nature of public school operation and funding in Kansas.
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Corkins testifies on school finance history, recommendations
Topeka, Kansas — In testimony Money before an interim session of the Kansas House Appropriations Committee, former Kansas Education Commissioner Bob Corkins supplied insight into Kansas school funding court decisions, and made some recommendations for the future.
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At House Appropriations, Chappell presents Kansas school funding ideas
Topeka, Kansas — At today’s meeting of the Kansas House Appropriations Committee, Walt Chappell presented ideas on increasing efficiency and reducing cost in Kansas schools.
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Extra money in Kansas school funds could help with budget
Continuing a debate on Kansas school funding on the KPTS television public affairs program Kansas Week, Kansas Policy Institute (formerly the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy) President Dave Trabert appeared tonight to present KPI’s findings about school funding. While school spending advocates have criticized these findings, there’s really good news for Kansas in the…
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In Wichita, public school teacher working conditions are an issue
Larry Landwehr, president of United Teachers of Wichita, the union for Wichita public school teachers, recently addressed the board of USD 259, the Wichita public school district, regarding teacher morale and working conditions. Now that the district and the teachers union have reached an agreement on a contract, Landwehr said it’s time to look at…
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Wichita school district communications priorities
At a school board meeting in August, USD 259, the Wichita public school district gave itself a big pat on the back for an award it received for its efforts in educating the public about the school bond issue last year. I thought it quite ironical that the district would receive such an award, much…
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Racism injected into Kansas school funding debate
Is Kathy Cook, head of Kansas Families for Education, a self-styled advocacy group for Kansas public education, using a false claim of racism to advance her political goals and discredit an opponent?
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Kansas school establishment rejects reform
In Kansas, we’re left to wonder: when our education establishment rejects reforms that even the liberal editorial page of the New York Times embraces, what hope have schoolchildren in Kansas?
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Wichita school expulsions: the numbers
Recently a comment was left on this blog claiming that children in the Catholic school system who are problems are kicked out and end up in the public school systems. The writer didn’t make any claim as to the magnitude of the number of students, but readers are led to conclude that it’s enough to…
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Wichita teachers union sends conflicting message
Wichita public school teachers want to be treated as professionals. Their union, however, sends a different message. The background to the following excerpt from a recent Wichita Eagle story is how teachers portray themselves as heroic public servants, working many hours of overtime each day in order to teach Wichita’s schoolchildren.