Tag: Wichita and Kansas schools
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Kansas school test scores
Kansas scores on the nationwide NAEP tests are unchanged or falling at the same time scores on Kansas tests are rising — “jumping,” in the recent words of Kansas Education Commissioner Diane DeBacker.
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Wichita teacher labor kerfuffle illustrates the problem
A dispute over teacher working conditions in USD 259, the Wichita public school district, provides a window into the workings of the public school system and its problems. There is a way out, but it’s not happening in Kansas.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday April 23, 2012
Today: Proclamations for this week; American Exceptionalism to be topic; Taxpayer-funded lobbying; Kansas Policy Institute advertisement. Wichita Eagle editorial board.
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Kansas school superintendents defend low standards
Sedgwick and Butler county school superintendents argue for low student standards and misuse test data.
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Harm of NCLB to be eclipsed
The disaster of the No Child left behind law is about to be joined by Common Core Standards, writes Dr. Walt Chappell, member, Kansas State Board of Education.
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Kansas school establishment defenders: the video
A video criticizing the Kansas Policy Institute for placing a series of ads in Kansas newspapers claims KPI “conceals” and “ignores” facts and statistics. But I didn’t have to work very hard to find many gross and blatant mistakes, distortions, and coverups in the video — the same problems found in much of the communications…
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In Kansas, public school establishment attacks high standards
When a Kansas public policy think tank placed ads in Kansas newspapers calling attention to the performance of Kansas schools, the public school establishment didn’t like it. The defense of the Kansas school status quo, especially that coming from Kansas Commissioner of Education Diane DeBacker, ought to cause Kansans to examine the motives of the…
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U.S. public schools seen as threat to national security
The Council on Foreign Relations, described by the Wall Street Journal as “the clubhouse of America’s establishment” is now in favor of something very un-establishment: school choice. The data is so grim, writes the Journal, that the poor performance of American public schools is now a national security issue.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday March 15, 2012
Today: Wichita school board members to meet public.
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In Kansas, school reform not on the plate
Conventional wisdom this year is that Kansas is struggling with a plan for school reform. The reality, however, is that the state is merely considering a change in how to pay for its schools. No actual reform is contemplated.
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Wichita school board meeting: Not for the public
Wichita school board president Betty Arnold said “This board meeting is held in public, but it is not for the public, or of the public.”
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Solution for empty Wichita school buildings
In Wichita, empty school buildings could be used to expand educational opportunities for Wichita children.