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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).”
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Downtown Wichita tax base: Growing?
Read more: Downtown Wichita tax base: Growing?There’s been much investment in downtown Wichita, we’re told, but the goal of increasing the tax base is farther away rather than closer.
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Curious Wichita ethics enigmas
Read more: Curious Wichita ethics enigmasWichita Mayor Carl Brewer’s decisions regarding government ethics are inconsistent.
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Kansas test scores unchanged
Read more: Kansas test scores unchangedIn 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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Spirit Aerosystems applies for tax relief
Read more: Spirit Aerosystems applies for tax reliefThe Wichita City Council will consider excusing a large company from property and sales taxation. Is this action wise for the city’s economy?
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WichitaLiberty.TV November 3, 2013
Read more: WichitaLiberty.TV November 3, 2013In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV: Host Bob Weeks notices a recent Kansas City Star editorial made the case for higher school spending in Kansas, but is based on a premise that doesn’t exist in fact. Bob wonders if the City of Wichita is concerned with measuring and managing its economic development efforts. Amanda BillyRock illustrates…
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Should Wichita expand its convention facilities?
Read more: Should Wichita expand its convention facilities?Wichita city leaders seem prepared to seek economic development through convention business.
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Kansas school spending, visualized
Read more: Kansas school spending, visualizedNow 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
Read more: Wichita school district checkbook updatedHere is checkbook data for the Wichita public school district analyzed in several ways.
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Kansas sales tax exemptions, according to Kansas City Star
Read more: Kansas sales tax exemptions, according to Kansas City StarHere’s a look at just how bad some Kansas newspaper articles and editorials have been.