Tag: Wichita and Kansas schools
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Andover schools advocacy website not complete, accurate, or balanced
The Andover Parent Legislative Council has created a website and wiki in support of the Andover, Kansas public school system (USD 385). This site, titled Andover Parent Legislative Council, is described as helping Andover schools “through legislative advocacy.” Andover parents wishing for complete facts and a balanced approach will need to supplement their research with…
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for February 22, 2010.
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Kansas school spending study finds $717 million in potential savings
A new study on K-12 spending in Kansas concludes that schools statewide are spending as much as $717 million more than is necessary, and that implementing the “best practices” of more efficient districts could eliminate the need to raise taxes or cut spending on other essential services.
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Missing from Kansas school financing debate
As Kansas struggles to find funding for its public schools and other functions of government, we’re losing an opportunity to examine our schools and see if they’re performing as well as they should, both financially and academically. Here are some issues not being discussed:
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for February 16, 2010.
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Kansas advocates for disabled face well-funded challenger
Friday’s press event held by ACT (Advocates in Communities Team) of South Central Kansas provided an opportunity to learn about disabled Kansans and their families, and the challenges they face from reduced spending by the state. The stories told at the event and in supplementary materials are compelling. If there is a role for government-provided…
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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.
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Ad spotlights Kansas school spending
A television advertisement is calling attention to some facts that Kansas school spending advocates don’t want you to know.
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To Kansas school spending advocates, criticism comes fast and loose
As the debate over the funding of Kansas public schools goes on, sometimes facts get lost in the shuffle, and school spending advocates sometimes invent “facts” in order to score political points by criticizing those working to bring inconvenient facts to light.
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Kansas school consolidation: it won’t be the first time
An issue that some promote as a way to make Kansas schools more efficient and save money is school consolidation. It’s not the first time schools in our state have gone through consolidation. Kansas Senator Chris Steineger, who is a Democrat representing Kansas City, recently asked the Kansas Legislative Research Department for information about school…
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Kansas teachers union makes it easy to ask for money
Thanks for Kansas Liberty for uncovering an effort of the Kansas National Education Association (or KNEA, the teachers union) to make it easy for school spending advocates to ask for more tax money.
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for January 25, 2010.