Tag: Education
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Kansas reasonable: The education candidates
In Kansas, who are the candidates and special interest groups that have a reasonable approach to education?
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Wichita school spending
A statement by Wichita school superintendent John Allison is part of an ongoing campaign of misinformation spread by school spending advocates in Wichita and across Kansas.
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Kansas schools receive NCLB waiver
Kansas schools have received a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
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Kansas teachers union email: who is reasonable?
Kansas progressives in both major political parties who want larger state government are promoting themselves as “reasonable.” Another email from an official of Kansas National Education Association (KNEA) asking union members to switch their voter registration in order to vote in Republican primaries provides additional insight into the true motivations of the union, and a…
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School funding suitability in Kansas
As a Kansas court considers intervening in Kansas school finance, the importance of accurate and meaningful evidence on school funding should be the court’s top priority. Supporters of increased school funding rely on two studies that they claim supports more funding for schools. An analysis by Kansas Policy Institute is helpful in understanding why the…
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Wichita school spending: The grain of truth
The Wichita school district, like most of the Kansas school spending establishment, uses spending figures containing a grain of truth to make a larger and misleading argument about school spending.
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Despite superintendents’ claim, Kansas schools have low standards
Kansas school district superintendents write “Historically, our state has had high-performing schools, which make Kansas a great place to live, raise a family and run a business.” The truth is that when compared to other states, Kansas has low standards.
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Kansans uninformed on school spending
As the Kansas Legislature debates spending on schools, we have to hope that legislators are more knowledgeable about school spending than the average Kansan. Surveys have found that few Kansans have accurate information regarding school spending. Surprisingly, those with children in the public school system are even more likely to be uninformed regarding accurate figures.…
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Kansas school test scores
Kansas scores on the nationwide NAEP tests are unchanged or falling at the same time scores on Kansas tests are rising — “jumping,” in the recent words of Kansas Education Commissioner Diane DeBacker.
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Wichita teacher labor kerfuffle illustrates the problem
A dispute over teacher working conditions in USD 259, the Wichita public school district, provides a window into the workings of the public school system and its problems. There is a way out, but it’s not happening in Kansas.
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Kansas school superintendents defend low standards
Sedgwick and Butler county school superintendents argue for low student standards and misuse test data.
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Harm of NCLB to be eclipsed
The disaster of the No Child left behind law is about to be joined by Common Core Standards, writes Dr. Walt Chappell, member, Kansas State Board of Education.