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Spinning for fundraising, Kansas-style
Read more: Spinning for fundraising, Kansas-styleKansas liberals accuse Republicans of “spinning” statistics on school funding. Can we look at some actual numbers?
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WichitaLiberty.TV November 17, 2013
Read more: WichitaLiberty.TV November 17, 2013In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV: Mary Theroux stopped by the WichitaLiberty.TV studio to talk about a new book about her father. The book’s title is “Willard Garvey: An Epic Life,” referring to the well-known Wichita businessman. He was an influential figure in Wichita, and his business interests spanned the globe.
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Kansas school logic, Goddard-style
Read more: Kansas school logic, Goddard-styleData 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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Wichita economic development, a few issues
Read more: Wichita economic development, a few issuesThe Wichita City Council may choose to consider some issues regarding economic development tomorrow. Or, it may not.
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Common Core Standards explained
Read more: Common Core Standards explainedDr. Mary Byrne discusses the background, development and implementation of Common Core State Standards at a recent event in Wichita.
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Kansas progressives on school employment
Read more: Kansas progressives on school employmentFor more about this issue, see Kansas school employment trends.
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Kansas progressive reasoning
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In Wichita, the case for business welfare
Read more: In Wichita, the case for business welfareA Wichita company headed by a high-profile executive seeks relief from taxation.
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Government-funded arts, again
Read more: Government-funded arts, againIs anyone else offended, as I am, that government taxes us to provide for us the art that politicians, bureaucrats, and their sycophants think we should consume? What type of personality feels entitled to forcibly make these personal decisions for others?
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KNEA: supporting institutions at children’s expense
Read more: KNEA: supporting institutions at children’s expenseThe Kansas National Education Association’s slogan is “Making public schools great for every child.” It may be a coincidence that their slogan seems to emphasize institutions over students, but many of their actions quite deliberately put institutional interests first.
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Kansas school spending, by district
Read more: Kansas school spending, by districtFor 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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The broken window fallacy revisited
Read more: The broken window fallacy revisitedRecently David M. Hart, Ph.D., who is Director of the Online Library of Liberty Project at the Liberty Fund, spoke in Wichita on the topic “Bastiat’s Lessons for the 21st Century: The Broken Window Fallacy Revisited (again and again).”