David Dorsey, Author at Kansas Policy Institute

2021 Education FactBook provides annual look at spending and achievement 0
- Education
- April 19, 2021
KPI’s 2021 Public Education FactBook has just been released. As in previous editions, this is an invaluable resource of data on overall spending, per-pupil spending, assessment results, employment, enrollment and much more. The information provided is on multiple levels – statewide, districtwide, and nationwide – and for multiple years, some information goes back several decades.
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Rigorous teacher prep programs and state licensing requirements do not translate into higher student achievement.0
- Education, Education Research
- March 28, 2021
The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) has a new publication that analyzes the strength of both teacher prep programs and teacher licensure requirements for all the states (plus D.C.). The report asserts: States’ regulation of teacher preparation programs establishes essential parameters, guiding teacher prep programs to provide the skills and knowledge public school teachers
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$The time is now to overhaul the K-12 at-risk program$
The time is now to overhaul the K-12 at-risk program 0
- Education
- March 15, 2021
The focus of schools should be on student achievement and now is the time for a K-12 at-risk program model that does just that. The new model has three basic components: (1) programmatic, (2) financial, and (3) accountability/oversight. Why is the new approach necessary? Since its inception in 1992, the Kansas K-12 at-risk program has
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A reminder that low-income students perform better in private schools 0
- Education
- January 27, 2021
The eleventh annual National School Choice Week is a perfect time to serve as a reminder that private schools do a better job of getting low-income students college/career ready than public schools. As KPI has shown in previous years, a much higher percentage of students attending parochial schools in Kansas urban areas scored more college/career
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