Tag: Education
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How do school choice programs affect budgets and performance of school districts?
Opponents of school choice programs argue the programs harm school districts, both financially and in their ability to serve their remaining students. Evidence does not support this position.
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Kansas school funding controversy is about entitlement, not need
When every Johnson County school district qualifies as a property-poor district, you know you have a broken school funding formula … and a controversial claim based on entitlement, writes Dave Trabert of Kansas Policy Institute.
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Judicial panel used cherry-picked data in Gannon decision
If the increase in education funding prescribed in the most recent Gannon decision were to become a reality, it would mean a nice raise for teachers and likely more administrators, but student outcomes would remain flat and achievement gaps would continue, writes David Dorsey of Kansas Policy Institute.
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The philosophy and research supporting at-risk funding
What is the philosophy behind spending more taxpayer dollars to educate economically disadvantaged students, and what does the research say, asks David Dorsey of Kansas Policy Institute.
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For Kansas schools, a share of your income is the standard
If Kansas personal income rises but the school spending establishment doesn’t get its cut, something is wrong, they say.
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At risk school funding in Kansas
At risk funding provides extra dollars to schools based on the number of economically disadvantaged students enrolled, writes David Dorsey of Kansas Policy Institute.
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Kansas minimum wage hike would harm the most vulnerable workers
A bill to raise the minimum wage in Kansas will harm the most vulnerable workers, and make it more difficult for low-skill workers to get started in the labor market.
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Kansas school finance case based on inadequate standards
The just-released Gannon school finance decision in Kansas concludes that not long ago Kansas schools were functioning adequately. But data on Kansas school standards says something else.
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Year in Review: 2014
Here is a sampling of stories from Voice for Liberty in 2014.