Tag: Education
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Wichita school employment ratios, by the numbers
Claims that reduced school funding have harmed Kansas schools — especially school employment — are overblown, if we care to look at actual numbers.
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Role of government in Kansas schools deflects attention from solutions
Focus on two Kansas school efficiency panels, school spending, and the surrounding politics is deflecting attention away from what Kansas schoolchildren and parents really need: Choice.
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Charges of slashing Kansas school spending
In their campaigns, Kansas Democrats are charging that school spending has been slashed.
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Another Kansas school efficiency task force
One might think that the mission of the Kansas Association of School Boards is to help school districts maximize the educational impact of spending. Judging by a task force formed by KASB, this may not have been the case.
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Kansas school efficiency task force
A Kansas school efficiency task force is criticized for lack of educators in its membership.
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Regarding Kansas schools, power is not with parents
Information and options allow parents to make the best decisions for their children regarding schools. But in Kansas, parents have little power to make good decisions for their children, relative to the other states.
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Kansas school test scores haven’t declined, despite early reports
Kansas state test scores didn’t fall in 2012, contrary to first reports. Let’s hope Kansas National Education association, our state’s teachers union, takes notice.
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Kansas school test scores should make us think
Kansas public school test scores have declined. This should cause us to ask two questions: why have the scores been rising, and does Kansas do as well as is claimed?
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At Kansas Board of Education, some questions aren’t allowed
At a meeting of the Kansas Board of Education, chair David Dennis uses his authority to bury topics the public school bureaucracy doesn’t want mentioned.
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The machine is not for the kids
The machine that runs the K-12 education system isn’t designed to produce better schools.
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Schodorf legacy should be evaluated on policy, not politics
News that Kansas Senator Jean Schodorf is leaving the Republican Party after her primary election loss has been treated as mostly a political story, which it certainly is. More important, however, is the potential for new policies and laws regarding Kansas schools that hold the promise of helping Kansas schoolchildren and families.
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Donor disclosure rules are the same for everyone
While liberal groups criticize the ability to spend unlimited amounts on political education campaigns without disclosure of funding, the rules apply to everyone, and liberal groups and unions use them, too.