David Dorsey, Author at Kansas Policy Institute

Open enrollment law hardly destroys “representative government”0
- Education
- May 22, 2022
Hyperbolic claims by elected officials are not new to the world of politics. We are all used to office holders making claims that leave us scratching our collective heads. But a recent statement made by Kansas Board of Education member Michelle Dombrosky takes hyperbole, as the saying goes, “to the next level.” Reacting to legislation
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More evidence of structural segregation in Kansas public schools 0
- Education
- May 7, 2022
Structural segregation is alive and well in the Kansas public school system, a form of educational redlining manifested and protected by a rigid set of school district boundaries. In a previous blog, I presented local economic data and student performance to show how it exists within the City of Topeka where there are four public
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Governor’s Commission on Racial Equality – a missed opportunity to address real education issues 0
- Education
- April 15, 2022
Only three of 90 recommendations made by the Governor’s Commission on Racial Equality concerned education and none addressed the issue of improving student achievement for students of color. A presentation at the State Board of Education March meeting illustrates what a missed opportunity the commission’s efforts were to expose real systemic racism when it comes
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KPI presents the 2021 A-F Grading of Kansas public and private schools 0
- Education
- April 5, 2022
Kansas Policy Institute has just released the 2021 A-F Grading report card for 1,273 Kansas public and 122 Kansas private schools. KPI began this school report card system – based on state assessment scores – in 2017 and followed with report cards in 2018 and 2019. After a COVID related absence in 2020, the 2021
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