Education

Nationwide report card shows Kansas continues to perform below national average 0
- Education
- February 7, 2018
Once again, the Kansas education system has been ranked in the bottom half of the states, lagging behind the nation as a whole. The 22nd annual edition of Quality Counts, a nationwide report card that provides a letter grade for each state’s education system was recently released. Kansas earned an overall grade of C, with
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Low income students are doing better in KS private schools – School Choice Week 0
- Education
- January 22, 2018
With the eighth annual National School Choice Week upon us, it is an appropriate time to once again show how a large portion of private schools in Kansas outperform their public school counterparts in preparing low income students for college and career readiness. Results from the 2017 Kansas state assessments disclose, that a much higher
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Court: Legislature Should Resist Separation of Powers Violation 0
- Education
- January 12, 2018
Legislators calling for a constitutional amendment to prevent courts from violating the separation of powers doctrine and ordering school funding increases are being scolded by media and the education lobby for failure to comply with the Supreme Court in Gannon. But according to Kansas Supreme Court Justice Rosen’s opinion in Solomon v. State of Kansas,
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2018 State of the State Fails Students 0
- Education
- January 10, 2018
In his 2018 State of the State address, Governor Brownback said Kansas cannot go down “…the primrose path of thinking that educational results can be forced by massive infusions of taxpayer money alone.” And then he proposed doing exactly what he correctly said won’t work – giving local school boards $600 million more over five
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Will $17K Per-Pupil Make Achievement Acceptable?0
- Education
- January 8, 2018
“How much” may be the number one question bandied about as the 2018 legislative session gets underway – as in, how much money will it take to satisfy the Supreme Court on school funding – but that’s not the most important question. Regardless of whether legislators choose to add a single dollar to the record
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Student Achievement Key to Future of Kansas, Not Money 0
- Education
- January 2, 2018
Dramatically better student achievement is key to the future of Kansas, but sadly, the education lobby and their taxpayer-funded lawyers believe money is what matters. They want parents to believe that simply meeting their financial demands with huge tax increases will magically improve outcomes and they don’t let facts get in their way. A recent
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