Dave Trabert

Kansas is #3 in state aid, #38 in ‘bang for the education buck’0
- Education
- November 9, 2022
With school spending and student achievement going in opposite directions, Kansas has one of the worst productivity rankings (bang for the education buck) in the nation. A dollar spent in Kansas buys a lot more than a dollar in New York or California, so we adjust spending for comparison to other states using the Missouri
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Five things to know about K-12 education in Kansas 0
- Education
- November 3, 2022
Educational opportunities in Kansas can be amongst the best in the nation if we focus on students instead of institutions, learn from the example of states like Florida, and move past the partial truths and talking points of “supporting public schools.” Since much of what has been written about K-12 education is either misleading orREAD MORE

Proficiency plummets to historic lows on 2022 NAEP in Kansas 0
- Education
- October 24, 2022
Reading and math proficiency fell to historic lows on the 2022 NAEP test, with just a third of 4th-grade proficient and only a quarter of 8th-graders. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is administered by the U.S. Department of Education and is considered the gold standard of student achievement measurement in the nation. A
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Disappointing, but not surprising, low scores on the 2022 state assessment 0
- Education
- October 12, 2022
Student achievement results on the just-released 2022 state assessment are disappointingly low, which is no surprise. And neither does the dismissive attitude of state education officials. Commissioner Randy Watson told the State Board of Education yesterday that math scores improved slightly but were not back to 2019 levels, and English Languages Arts slightly declined. That'sREAD MORE