Tag: Kansas Association of School Boards
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday October 10, 2010
Countryman back on air: Gene Countryman, host of a long-running radio show that went off the air earlier this year, returns to the airwaves tonight with the Gene Countryman Show. The new show airs Sunday evenings from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm on KNSS Radio 1330 AM. Koch article criticism: Andrew Ferguson, media critic for…
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School choice solution to Kansas school funding
In its search to find a solution to the problem of funding its government schools, Kansas is overlooking a sure solution: widespread school choice.
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Economic competition isn’t a sporting contest
Last week USA Today carried an editorial by an Alexandria, Virginia school teacher that contains an unfortunate misunderstanding of the term competition as it applies to economics and education.
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Kansas ‘pigs at the trough’ award goes to …
Dietz said that earlier this year, an organization had labeled schools as “pigs at the trough.” Saying she is speaking for herself only and not on behalf of any organization, Dietz noted that “Mark is our lead lobbyist for K-12 education, and Diane represents Wichita Public Schools.” She presented both with a memento that had…
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Kansas Governor, Wichita Eagle: why ‘pigs’ at the trough?
When the Kansas Chamber of Commerce recently referred to the need to control Kansas government spending and taxes, a few politicians and newspaper editorial writers embellished what the Chamber actually said in order to make their own political points.
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Andover schools label opponents ‘anti-education’
Are those who question or oppose the need for additional spending on Kansas schools opposed to education? Melinda Fritze, who is chair of the Andover Parent Legislative Council, says so
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Kansas school spending lobby impossible to satisfy
A new report by the Kansas Policy Institute provides some insight into the voracious appetite of the Kansas school spending lobby for taxpayer dollars: There’s never enough.
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Kansas school district consolidation, reorganization testimony heard
Last week the Kansas House Education Budget Committee heard testimony on HB 2728. The key provision of this bill is that Kansas school districts would be required to have a minimum of 10,000 students. It also requires conforming to a common chart of accounts, and that school finance information be placed on the internet.