Tag: Education
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Wichita public school district transparency
Transparency issues surrounding the Wichita public school district are in the news. There are steps that are easy to make, but the district resists.
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Kansas school fund balances
Kansas school fund balances rose this year, in both absolute dollars and dollars per pupil.
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From Pachyderm: Wichita school board candidates
From the Wichita Pachyderm Club: A forum of candidates for Wichita school board. Recorded June 16, 2017.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: James Franko, Kansas Policy Institute
In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV: James Franko of Kansas Policy Institute joins Bob Weeks and Karl Peterjohn. Topics are the new Kansas school finance bill and the new tax bill.
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Explaining the Kansas budget, in a way
A video explaining the Kansas budget is accurate in many aspects, but portrays a false and harmful myth regarding school spending.
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Shocking News about Kansas Education!
Listening too often to Topeka politicians and administrators can leave a normal person feeling rather jaded, even used. Or maybe it’s the reporting, sometimes I just don’t know, writes Paul Waggoner.
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Fake government spawns fake news
Discussions of public policy need to start from a common base of facts and information. An episode shows that both our state government and news media are not helping
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Kansans are concerned about the level of state spending on schools
A public opinion poll asks whether Kansans are concerned about school spending, but leaves us wondering why they are concerned.
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Wichita student/teacher ratios
Despite years of purported budget cuts, the Wichita public school district has been able to improve or maintain student/teacher ratios.