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  • Research shows Kansas students left behind despite huge spending increases

    Research shows Kansas students left behind despite huge spending increases0

    • Education, Education Research
    • January 18, 2023

    A KPI analysis of education spending and student achievement in Kansas over the last 30 years shows that despite huge spending increases, many students have been academically left behind. The study, conducted by Dr. Ben Scafidi, a professor of economics and director of the Education Economics Center at Kennesaw State University, compared public school funding

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  • Public School Funding in Kansas Since 2003: Students left behind despite large, inflation-adjusted spending increases0

    • Education Research
    • January 11, 2023
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  • 2022 Public Education Fact Book0

    • Education Research
    • March 21, 2022

    Aside from ACT scores, all data in this Fact Book come from official government sources, including local school districts, the Kansas Department of Education (KSDE), and the U.S. Department of Education. All data are the most current available and, unless otherwise noted, span through the 2020-21 academic year. Additional information (including annual historical data) for

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  • National study’s evidence of structural segregation in public education also true in Kansas

    National study’s evidence of structural segregation in public education also true in Kansas0

    • Education, Education Research
    • November 28, 2021

    Information from the Urban Institute, in a research project titled Dividing Lines, reveals how gerrymandering of attendance zones within school districts reinforces and perpetuates segregation along racial lines in public schools in urban areas across the country.  The Urban Institute analyzed student populations in which there was a substantial difference in the racial make-up of adjoining

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  • Blue Valley high schools top Niche state rankings

    Blue Valley high schools top Niche state rankings0

    • Education, Education Research
    • October 15, 2021

    The five Blue Valley high schools (USD 229) topped the latest public high school rankings from Niche.  Blue Valley North earned the top spot, followed by Blue Valley High, Blue Valley West, Blue Valley Northwest and Blue Valley Southwest. On the private schools side, Wichita Collegiate is ranked number one followed by Bishop Seabury Academy

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  • Kids benefit from choice in other states, while Kansas resists efforts to help students

    Kids benefit from choice in other states, while Kansas resists efforts to help students0

    • Education Research
    • May 5, 2021
    While Indiana is busy expanding school choice eligibility from 37,000 to 48,000 students, Kansas is resisting even slight changes to existing school choice programs. What’s more, a Wall Street Journal editorial last week congratulated Indiana “for its leadership in establishing one of America’s most ambitious school voucher programs,” after the legislature expanded its primary schoolREAD MORE
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  • Research shows Kansas students left behind despite huge spending increases
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