Tag: John Allison

  • What is the real problem at Wichita Southeast?

    What is the real problem at Wichita Southeast?

    There is likely a different explanation for problems at a Wichita high schools from what we’ve been told by the school district and our newspaper.

  • Briefs

    Briefs

    He didn’t participate Wichita Eagle Opinion Line, November 24, 2017: “The kindest word that can be ascribed to State Senator Susan Wagle, when she criticizes the Kansas Supreme Court? Disingenuous. She never mentions Brownback appointee, Justice Caleb Stegall; he has repeatedly agreed with his colleagues on school finance.” The likely reason Senator Wagle doesn’t mention…

  • What are opinions of the level of Kansas school spending?

    What are opinions of the level of Kansas school spending?

    Part of the difficulty in understanding and debating school spending in Kansas is the starting point, that is, the lack of factual information. From 2012, a look at a survey that revealed the level of knowledge of school spending by Kansans.

  • Kansas school finance lawsuit reaction

    Kansas school finance lawsuit reaction

    News coverage and reaction to the Kansas school finance lawsuit Luke Gannon, et al v. State of Kansas.

  • More evidence of low Kansas school standards

    A study of school testing standards has found that Kansas has low standards compared to other states.

  • Wichita has school choice, they say

    Wichita school superintendent John Allison told Wichitans something they probably didn’t know: Parents of Wichita schoolchildren benefit from the district’s school choice program.

  • Citizens generally misinformed on Kansas school spending

    When asked about the level of spending on public schools in Kansas, citizens are generally uninformed or misinformed. They also incorrectly thought that spending has declined in recent years.

  • Kansas reasonable: The education candidates

    In Kansas, who are the candidates and special interest groups that have a reasonable approach to education?

  • 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.

  • Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday May 23, 2011

    Today: Wichita City council; Sedgwick County Commission; Kobach on voter reform in Wall Street Journal; Tiahrt, former Congressman, to address Pachyderms; Wichita speaker lineup set; Blue Ribbon Commission coming to Wichita; School choice cast as civil rights issue; Medicare reform necessary; Science, public agencies, and politics.

  • Wichita school chief makes plea to Wichita-area legislators

    This afternoon, Wichita school superintendent John Allison appeared before the South-central Kansas legislative delegation, explaining Kansas school finance as it applies to the Wichita school district, and offering justification for deciding to join the lawsuit demanding the state spend more on schools. Referring to base state aid per pupil, which has been cut several times…

  • Kansas open records examined

    Government transparency in Kansas is determined largely by open records and open meetings laws which state lofty goals but offer many loopholes and exemptions and few penalties for violations of the laws. The Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) starts off well. “It is declared to be the public policy of the state that public records…