Tag: Wichita and Kansas schools
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for December 7, 2009.
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for November 30, 2009.
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Articles of interest
Education, health care, Kansas school funding, unintended consequences.
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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.
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Corkins testifies on school finance history, recommendations
Topeka, Kansas — In testimony Money before an interim session of the Kansas House Appropriations Committee, former Kansas Education Commissioner Bob Corkins supplied insight into Kansas school funding court decisions, and made some recommendations for the future.
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At House Appropriations, Chappell presents Kansas school funding ideas
Topeka, Kansas — At today’s meeting of the Kansas House Appropriations Committee, Walt Chappell presented ideas on increasing efficiency and reducing cost in Kansas schools.
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Extra money in Kansas school funds could help with budget
Continuing a debate on Kansas school funding on the KPTS television public affairs program Kansas Week, Kansas Policy Institute (formerly the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy) President Dave Trabert appeared tonight to present KPI’s findings about school funding. While school spending advocates have criticized these findings, there’s really good news for Kansas in the…
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for November 16, 2009.
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In Central-Northeast Wichita, government is cause of problem, not solution
From the November 2007 archives. Since then, the Wichita schools have a new superintendent, and Kansas has raised its minimum wage. An article in The Wichita Eagle “Plan offers hope for city’s troubled heart” (November 14, 2007) reports on the development of a plan named New Communities Initiative, its goal being the revitalizing of a…
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for November 9, 2009.
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for October 26, 2009.
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for October 19, 2009.