Tag: school choice
Ohio becomes 8th state to enact universal school choice in the last two years
With a stroke of his pen, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law the nation’s eighth School Choice legislation, all…
Stanford CREDO study shows charter schools outperform traditional public school
A new study by Stanford University’s Center For Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) shows that charter school students outperform traditional…
Microschools continue to gain traction in Kansas
Microschools, which provide opportunities for enterprising teachers and parents to find alternatives to the public school system, are gaining traction…
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…
Chances for school choice this session narrow substantially
School choice legislation is not yet entirely dead in Kansas this year, although opportunities for passage this session are narrowing.…
While Kansas parents wait, Florida, other states expand choice
While Kansas parents wait to see if the Kansas Legislature and Governor Laura Kelly will give them the opportunity to…
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…
School choice ESA bill passes the Kansas House in SB 83
In a major victory for school choice advocates in the Sunflower State, the Kansas House of Representatives passed the “Sunflower…
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…
House committee approves ESA school choice bill
The Kansas House of Representatives K-12 Education Budget Committee heard testimony earlier this week on House Bill 2218, which would…
State school board member Ann Mah chooses systems over students in school choice debate
When school officials talk about education in general or school choice in particular, their focus is almost exclusively on what…
Gov. Kelly: school choice for my kids but not yours
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is staunchly opposed to school choice, except for her own children. Alumni newsletters show Kelly and…
Students join in the call for school choice at the Kansas capitol
It was standing…and sitting on the floor…room-only, as some 200 students and educators from as far away as Wichita joined…
Study: large school funding increase but lower achievement, teacher pay
A report on education spending and student achievement covering the last three decades in Kansas shows that many students have…
Fordham study finds positive impacts of Ohio’s EdChoice program
A new study from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute should allay concerns that school choice programs won’t benefit marginalized students. …
Wichita private school, one of 8 finalists for Yass Prize, awarded $500,000
A private school in Wichita, Kansas, which primarily serves African American students, was recently awarded $500,000 as one of the…
Study shows school choice works in rural areas
A new study from Step Up for Students allays concern that school choice won’t work in rural areas. The study of…
KS K-12 spending ranked #11, but ‘bang for the buck’ falls to #38
Public school spending and student achievement in Kansas resemble an escalator; one side (spending) goes up, and the other (achievement)…
School Choice advocates hope wins in West Virginia, Arizona, encourage Kansas legislature
School Choice supporters in Kansas are applauding a pair of recent victories in West Virginia and Arizona that they hope…
State Board of Education discusses changes in high school graduation requirements
The Kansas State Board of Education continued its review this month on a proposal to alter high school graduation requirements…
Book exposes how the Kansas education bureaucracy works against students
One in three students in Kansas is below grade level in reading and math, but instead of addressing the problem,…
Legislators ridicule KASB deception, praise Virginia governor’s honesty
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s bleak but refreshingly honest end-of-the-school-year report on K-12 education in the commonwealth focused on many of…
Kansas Reflector aids and abets student achievement cover-up
It’s bad enough that there are more high school students below grade level in Kansas than are proficient. But media…
Arizona, Virginia expand school choice options
While some Kansas legislators remain unwilling to address parental concern over low and declining student achievement, the Arizona and Virginia…