School Choice Archives - Kansas Policy Institute

National study’s evidence of structural segregation in public education also true in Kansas 0
- 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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State board chairman needs refresher course in education funding, board responsibilities 0
- Education
- October 25, 2021
At the October state board of education meeting, the board invited six members of the Legislature – the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate education committees and the House K-12 budget committee – to discuss education issues in which both bodies have both concerns and responsibilities. The joint meeting was held on
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Choice benefits kids in Florida, Indiana, and Arizona while Kansas resists 0
- Education
- May 7, 2021
While Indiana is busy expanding school choice eligibility from 37,000 to 48,000 students, Kansas legislators are resisting even slight changes to existing school choice programs. What’s more, a Wall Street Journal editorial recently congratulated Indiana “for its leadership in establishing one of America’s most ambitious school voucher programs,” after the legislature expanded its primary school
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The Fiscal Effects of the Kansas Tax Credit for Low Income Students 0
- Education
- March 1, 2021
The Fiscal Effects of the Kansas Tax Credit for Low Income Students Scholarship Program By Martin Lueken Legislators in the Sunflower State currently are debating a bill to create an education savings account (ESA) program for families of K-12 students. Some policymakers have expressed concern about the potential fiscal impact of such a program. Fortunately,READ MORE
Educational opportunity opponents ignore students’ needs 0
- Education
- February 12, 2021
Several Kansas state senators spoke at length this week in opposition to a better educational opportunity for students who are deemed academically or financially at-risk by school districts. They raised (patently false) constitutional violations, said tax credits are loopholes to defund education (not true, but ironically hypocritical), and expressed grave concerns that the institution of
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Kansas kids need money-follow-the-child programs 0
- Featured
- February 8, 2021
If you aren’t satisfied with the outcome after decades of effort, what makes you think that doing the same things over and over again will produce a different result? That’s certainly the case with student achievement in Kansas, as evidenced by the 2020 ACT scores. The average 2020 ACT score in Kansas declined for theREAD MORE