Category: Editorial
KASB hits new low, trying to explain away achievement declines
A new flyer from the Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) would be right at home as satire at The…
Government officials should be honest about job growth
Americans are accustomed to politicians embellishing their records, but some of the false claims about job growth are downright shameful.…
State school board member misrepresents SEL position
At the August board meeting, state school board member Ann Mah misrepresented a social-emotional learning (SEL) statement she attributed to…
Wichita superintendent Kelly Bielefeld covers up poor student achievement
USD 259 superintendent Kelly Bielefeld spoke to the Wichita Pachyderm Club recently, and like his predecessors, he went out of…
Mesha Mainor refuses to use the poor and minorities for political gain
Hypocrisy – claiming to have beliefs to which one’s behavior does not conform – has long been a defining characteristic…
Stand Up Blue Valley misleads followers about misleading voters
Sometimes, understanding what someone avoids saying is more telling than how they respond to an issue, which is certainly the…
2023 state assessment results reflect Einstein’s definition of insanity
The preliminary 2023 state assessment results once again demonstrate that student achievement will remain stubbornly low until the Legislature steps…
Stand Up Blue Valley misleads voters on school board elections
Stand Up Blue Valley, a lobbying group that primarily works to elect legislators who will vote to raise taxes and…
Missouri needs the revenue-neutral Truth in Taxation Act
The Jackson County (Missouri) Assessor’s office is taking a lot of heat for property tax increases over the last several…
KSDE deceives school districts on efficiency and achievement
Imagine 100 students take a test where Johnnie gets a C and only four students had higher grades. That puts…
KS Reflector columnist defends bureaucracy with false achievement claims
A guest columnist for the Kansas Reflector wants you to believe that the public school bureaucracy is producing high achievement,…
Petty politics prevented $1.4 billion in tax relief in Kansas
Virtually every effort to provide state tax relief over the last ten years was met with the ‘Don’t Be Like…
Employment falls in Laura Kelly’s tax-and-spend economy
The March jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows Governor Laura Kelly’s tax-and-spend economy lost 4,800 private-sector jobs…
Flat tax in SB 169 is good for Kansas taxpayers
by Grover Norquist and Dave Trabert It was clear from the very beginning. Despite winning reelection on a message of…
Gov. Kelly’s false claims in veto of income, property, and sales tax relief
It’s no secret that Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is a tax-and-spender — spending has jumped 31% since she took office…
Bi-partisan self-interest in politics destroys education opportunities
The struggle to get kids a decent education validates Thomas Sowell’s premise on the priorities of most politicians – their…
Kansas Reflector gaslights readers on school funding, makes false accusations of legislators
A recent story about school funding in the Kansas Reflector reminded me of a quote by Winston Churchill – a…
USD 489 Hays: no apparent written plan to improve low proficiency levels
The USD 489 Hays website says its mission is “to provide a quality learning experience for every student in every…
Kansas Values Institute doesn’t value honesty
Kansas Values Institute, which says it promotes “traditional Kansas values,” must not think that Kansans value honesty. An email blast…
Kansas Reflector makes false claims on flat tax, ESAs
The Kansas City Star earlier this month deceived readers about education, and now the Kansas Reflector is making false claims…
KC Star in the running for journalistic malpractice award
If there was an award for journalistic malpractice, the Kansas City Star would be a leading contender. The most recent…
McClatchy, Iorio collude to keep kids uneducated
One-third of public school students in Kansas cannot read or do math at grade level, and the McClatchy newspapers and…
More efficient spending keeps taxes low in other states
Every state provides the same basket of services, but some of them have an efficient spending mentality and that allows…
KS education commissioner claims ‘proficient’ is a made-up term
Kansas education commissioner Randy Watson earlier this week told the State Board of Education that “proficient is a made-up term…