Tag: Wichita and Kansas schools
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Newspaper editorial writers on how democracy works, Kansas school test scores.
An editorial in a Kansas newspaper exposes a dangerously uninformed and simplistic view of politics and democracy. Then, will Kansas school leaders and newspapers tell us the hidden truths about Kansas school test scores?
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CBPP on Kansas schools and taxes, part 2
Kansas policy Institute continues to investigate claims made by Center on Budget and Policy Priorities about Kansas schools and taxes.
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Kansas school spending, contrary to Paul Davis
Claims about school spending made by a Kansas Democratic Party leader don’t quite align with facts.
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Kansas news media should report, not spin
Dave Trabert of Kansas Policy Institute explains that influence may be shifting from media, unions, the education establishment, cities, counties, and school boards to those with different views — those of limited government and economic freedom that empower citizens, not an expansive government and its beneficiaries.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Kansas school finance and reform, Charles Koch on why he fights for liberty
The Kansas legislature passed a school finance bill that contains reform measures that the education establishment doesn’t want. In response, our state’s newspapers uniformly support the system rather than Kansas schoolchildren. Then, in the Wall Street Journal Charles Koch explains why liberty is important, and why he’s fighting for that.
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In Kansas City, private schools seen as ‘a perversion’
If you’ve ever wondered about the difference between public schools and private schools, a top Kansas school administrator knows the difference.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Schools and the nature of competition and cooperation, Wind power and taxes
A Kansas newspaper editorial is terribly confused about schools and the nature of competition in markets. Then, we already knew that the wind power industry in Kansas enjoys tax credits and mandates. Now we learn that the industry largely escapes paying property taxes.
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In Kansas, education is all about money and politics for UMEEA
Media reaction to the school finance legislation has been pretty predictable, focusing almost exclusively on institutions and ignoring the impact on students, writes Dave Trabert of Kansas Policy Institute.
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Kansas values, applied to schools
A Kansas public policy advocacy group makes an emotional pitch to petition signers, but signers should first be aware of actual facts.
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Kansas Policy Institute at work
A recap of what Kansas Policy institute has done the past few years leaves me to wonder how anyone who cares about Kansas schoolchildren could be opposed to the work KPI has done.
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Kansas newspapers against the children
A Kansas newspaper editorial illustrates that for the establishment, schools — the institution of public schools, that is — are more important than students.
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In Kansas, base state aid is only a small part of spending
Considering only base state aid per pupil leads to an incomplete understanding of school spending in Kansas. The Gannon school finance decision reinforces this.