Dave Trabert, Author at Kansas Policy Institute

KC Star pushes faux ‘science’ to defend Democratic governor 0
- Featured
- August 14, 2020
It’s no secret that the Kansas City Star editorial and news pages promote liberal policies and the candidates who espouse them while attacking conservative candidates and policy. But their editorial pushing a false scientific ‘experiment’ on the efficacy of mask mandates in defense of Democrat Governor Laura Kelly’s administration is a new low. To be
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KSDE awards $30 million to KU to perpetuate low achievement 0
- Education
- August 5, 2020
The Kansas Department of Education recently gave KU a 5-year, $30 million contract to help KSDE perpetuate abysmally low student achievement in Kansas. OK, that’s not exactly the way the deal is described in the University of Kansas press release, but it’s an honest reflection of history and another example of students getting the short
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Kelly’s K-12 budget plan favors government over taxpayers 0
- Education
- June 26, 2020
When Governor Kelly signed the school funding bill in 2019, she knew it would create large budget deficits within two years. One highly placed source asked her what she would do if the state ran short of money, and she replied, “Well if we can’t afford it, I’ll just tell the court we can’t afford
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Educators top KPERS ‘millionaires’ list, system badly underfunded 0
- Tax & Spending
- June 15, 2020
Information provided by the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS) shows school officials top the list of KPERS ‘millionaires’ — people who will collect at least $1 million in pension benefits during their first 20 years of retirement. But while government retirees are collecting generous pensions at taxpayers’ expense, the system’s unfunded liabilities are nearly
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