Tag: school funding
Rep. Jarrod Ousley, SM Post deceive parents on school choice
A recent column in the Shawnee Mission Post by Rep. Jarrod Ousley (D-Merriam) misrepresents the truth about civil rights, school…
K-12 enrollment still down, but funding keeps rising
Full-time equivalent enrollment is still about 10,000 students lower than pre-pandemic levels, but state and local funding is $840 million…
Blue Valley, Olathe: open enrollment brings undesirable students
School officials’ rejection of an open enrollment bill in the Kansas legislature offers a rare glimpse of an elitist attitude…
Survey: Kansas parents should have primary say in education
Governor Laura Kelly thinks parents should butt out of curriculum issues, but a new poll shows parents overwhelmingly believe they…
Gardner School Board member deceives on remote learning
One Gardner-Edgerton Schoolboard member has made the claim on social media that the Kansas Legislature has made it impossible to…
More school funding deception from Stand Up Blue Valley
A recent Facebook post by Stand Up Blue Valley is another good example of advocacy groups placing a higher priority…
KASB effectively criticizes school districts for low teacher pay
The Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) is a membership group funded by local school districts, so it was quite…
Kansas City Star education deceit throws kids under the bus
The Kansas City Star is notorious for false and misleading claims (see here, here, and here), but even for them,…
Is Barbara Bollier dishonest about school funding or misinformed?
A Sunflower State Journal report about former state senator Barbara Bollier chairing a new political action committee included a wildly…
Homeschool households doubled during pandemic, Census reports
The number of homeschool households doubled in the U.S. between spring 2020 and fall 2020, according to a U.S. Census…
Stand Up Blue Valley: fund systems, not students
The Kansas House of Representatives just approved legislation to give academically challenged students a chance for a better education, and…
Support honest journalism this Giving Tuesday
Media bias is a growing threat to liberty and you can do something about it this Giving Tuesday, December 1,…
Top-heavy USD 500 Kansas City shortchanges teachers and students
USD 500 Kansas City gave Superintendent Charles Foust a 17% pay increase last year, while the approximate $92 million spent…
Kansas school board chair rejects audit findings in contradiction-laden column
After a scathing editorial by the Kansas City Star called out school districts across Kansas for misusing funding for at-risk…
Gov. Kelly, David Toland need to answer questions on student achievement
On Nov. 14 of Kansas Framework For Growth, created by Governor Kelly’s administration and Commerce Secretary David Toland, put out a…
“Giving Kids a Fighting Chance” premieres to acclaim
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says educational reform is “…the civil rights issue of our time…it’s the social justice issue…
School funding facts fudged in USD 497 Lawrence
The USD 497 Lawrence school district is dramatically under-reporting budget numbers to the public, it appears, and the local paper…
KASB lays groundwork for more school funding
The Kansas Association of School Board’s advocacy director Mark Tallman is laying the groundwork for seeking more school funding from…
Local attorney addresses constitutional issues at Wichita forum
Local attorney Richard Peckham spoke recently at a meeting of the Wichita chapter of Republican Women United about state and…
School district lawyers say $1 billion isn’t enough to resolve Gannon suit
Legislators just increased school funding another $90 million per year, bringing the total being phased in through the 2023 school…
Plaintiffs to lawmakers: school funding increase falls short
Less than an hour after lawmakers adopted a school funding plan to add $90 million to public schools next year,…
House advances school accountability measures
Members of the House advanced legislation late last night that creates several school accountability measures. As the clock ticked to…
Cato: Spending more on schools doesn’t improve achievement
A recent study from Cato Institute contradicts two common beliefs about the Kansas education system. The authors of a 50-state…
More money won’t end school funding litigation
Even if legislators give schools the extra $90 million per year that the Department of Education says is needed to…