School Choice Archives - Kansas Policy Institute

Low-income students in private schools shine 0
- Education
- February 3, 2020
As we celebrate the tenth annual National School Choice Week, it is once more time to show how most private schools outperform their public school counterparts in getting low-income students college and/or career ready. Yet again in 2019, a much higher percentage of students attending parochial schools in Kansas urban areas scored more college/career ready
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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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Is more money helping Kansas students?0
- Education
- March 7, 2019
There’s a lot of disagreement right now in the Kansas legislature about K-12 education in Kansas. Funding set a record last year at $13,600 per-pupil, and another billion dollar increase is planned. Governor Laura Kelly says schools still need more money while others, like Senate President Susan Wagle, say decades of school litigation and costly
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Once again low-income students do better in Kansas private schools 0
- Education
- February 15, 2019
With National School Choice Week (NSCW) another rousing success last month , it’s appropriate once again to show how much better private schools prepare low-income students for college/career readiness than Kansas public schools. Results from the 2018 state assessments for each of the five areas listed in the table (Wichita, Kanas City, Dodge City, Salina,
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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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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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