Education Policy Archives - Kansas Policy Institute

Summit Learning – grasping resistance from the jaws of opportunity 0
- Education
- May 3, 2019
Once again, a story about Kansas education graced the front page and opinion page of the New York Times. No, it wasn’t about how much schools are underfunded (although the opinion article does describe Kansas schools as “underfunded”). These articles refer to a “rebellion” that is taking place regarding the use of a curriculum called
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Latest Governor’s Education Council will do nothing to help prepare Kansas students and boost the state’s economy 0
- Education
- December 20, 2018
The governor of Kansas has virtually no role in public education in the state. The only mention of the governor in the state constitution is the authority to appoint members of the state board of regents. There is no mention of the governor in K-12 education. So why do Kansas governors keep creating committees to
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2018 Voter Issue Guide 0
- Education Research, Tax & Spending Research
- September 10, 2018
Whoever is elected governor and to the Kansas House of Representatives this fall will face some very serious issues come January. Kansas Policy Institute does not support or oppose candidates for public office, but we do provide educational information to the public about key economic and education issues facing Kansans. Our 2018 Voter Issue Guide
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LeBron’s “I Promise” school – a model Kansas should emulate 0
- Education, Uncategorized
- August 19, 2018
There will be no mention of basketball in this essay despite the fact that as a Phoenix Suns fan throughout my adult life, nothing could be worse than LeBron James joining the despicable, hated Los Angeles Lakers. (If there any Suns fans out there, you know exactly what I’m talking about.) Ok, that’s the only
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Consequences, not spending, drive changes in student achievement 0
- Education
- June 22, 2018
(This column is written by KPI scholar David Dorsey, who formerly taught in Kansas public schools for more than a decade.) Recently I showed how the Supreme Court’s belief of a relationship between education spending and student achievement is fundamentally flawed. Throughout the Gannon case – the Court’s Gannon VI decision is expected any time
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State’s charter school law once again earns an “F”0
- Education
- April 2, 2018
Amidst all the turmoil and tumult that defines the state of education finance in Kansas, at least one education issue is a steady-as-she-goes: Kansas gets an “F” in its charter school law. The just-released 2018 National Charter School Law Rankings and Scorecard 2018 once again gives the Sunflower State a failing grade when it comes
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