Tag: Kansas State Board of Education
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Kansas needs truth about schools
Kansas needs an honest assessment of the performance of its schools from education commissioner Diane M. DeBacker.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday April 14, 2011
Today: Kansas State Board of Education vs. Walt Chappell, protest on tax day; tax day tea party events; Steineger, Kansas senator, to address Pachyderms; trade protectionism makes us poorer; city government under control.
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Kansas school teacher cuts
As Kansas struggles with its budget and decides what to do with public schools, advocates of public school spending exaggerate claims of pending job cuts and fail to take advantage of an opportunity to improve our state’s base of teachers.
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Kansas schools cut, yet fail to spend
Kansas schools have cut staff and teachers at the same time carryover fund balances have increased.
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Kansas school spending advocates sue; opportunity for reform is overlooked
As Kansas schools sue taxpayers for more funding, important issues of education in Kansas are being overlooked.
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Balance Kansas budget without raising sales tax
The following article is by Dr. Walt Chappell, a member of the Kansas State Board of Education. A version appeared in the Wichita Eagle. Chappell has offered testimony to the Kansas Legislature on many ways that schools can reduce spending and fulfill their mission at the same time
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for March 16, 2010.
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For Kansas teachers union, fund balances are an illusion, not a solution
Today’s edition of Under the Dome Today — that’s the house organ of the Kansas National Education Association or (KNEA, the teachers union) — contains a story with the headline “Anti-Government Group launches another attack on public education.” A more accurate headline might read “School spending advocacy group refuses to acknowledge budget solution that Kansas…
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Lawsuits and tax increases not necessary to fund Kansas schools
A recent commentary by Kansas State Board of Education member David Dennis said educators “…just ask that they (legislators) make their decisions based on accurate information, with the future of our students in mind. “We completely agree, and just ask that educators do the same. Unfortunately, some have been making their case for tax increases…
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What’s missing from the Dennis editorial on Kansas school funds
Today’s Wichita Eagle carries an editorial by Kansas School Board member David Dennis taking issue with claims that Kansas schools have money that can be spent. At issue is the claim made by the Kansas Policy Institute and Kansas School Board member Walt Chappell that Kansas schools have hundreds of millions in funds that could…
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Kansas school spending advocates: no alternative views welcome
On Monday and Tuesday, the Kansas House Appropriations Committee held hearings, and big topics were Kansas school funding and the Kansas budget. The reaction by school spending advocates to two speakers is illustrative of the highly divisive nature of public school operation and funding in Kansas.