Tag: Kansas Policy Institute
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In Kansas, school choice programs could help the most needy students achieve
School choice programs in Kansas could help close the gap between low-performing students and the rest, according to the Kansas Policy Institute.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday May 9, 2011
Today: Airfares down in Wichita; Wichita City Council this week; Joyland topic of British tabloid; educational freedom to be discussed in Wichita; do you want to live in the world of Atlas Shrugged?; who are the real robber barons?
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Economist: KPERS must undergo serious reform
Barry W. Poulson, retired professor of economics at the University of Colorado, said that Kansas legislators are finally starting to realize the importance of dealing with the unfunded liability in the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS), but cautioned that proposals currently in the legislature don’t contain the fundamental cost-saving reforms that are needed and…
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CAP: Class size reduction not effective
The Center for American Progress releases a report on the ineffectiveness of class size reduction.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday April 20, 2011
Today: Regulation as state moneymaker; Kansas populism to be topic at Pachyderm; KPERS to be topic of breakfast meeting; Wichita-area legislators to meet with public.
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Kansas fiscal policy is stifling the state’s economy
Kansas economic policies are leading to the growth of government at the expense of private sector economic activity.
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KPERS problems must be confronted
This week the Kansas Legislature may work on the problems facing the Kansas Public Employee Retirement System, or KPERS. Past legislatures have failed to enact reforms necessary to put this system on a sound financial footing, and the legislature has shown itself incapable of managing a system where it’s easy to pass on the problem…
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday March 25, 2011
Today: Elections coming up; campaign signs; Kansas income is growing; March to Economic Growth stalled; in Kansas, cutting unnecessary spending can avoid service cuts; open records under attack; ignorant or just ill-informed?; government spending overrides privates spending.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday March 23, 2011
Today: Health information campaign; Eisenhower book author to speak in Wichita; Kansas agencies mum on travel spending; Kansas wind energy jobs; the role of profits and losses.