Kansas school spending advocates exaggerate employment losses
Yesterday I reported how Kansas school spending advocates lie about facts in order to score political points with their constituencies. Today we again see how the school spending lobby distorts facts, this time in a very substantial way concerning an important matter. The Kansas Watchdog piece Debunking Education Employment Claims uncovers a significant gap between numbers self-reported by Kansas schools and numbers gathered by a different source. The Kansas State Department of Education asked school districts how many employees they will cut for the current school year. The answer -- 3,701 employees to be cut across the state -- is…