School Choice Archives - Kansas Policy Institute

School choice Q & A 0
- Education
- September 12, 2022
Now, more than ever, Kansas K-12 students must be given a fighting chance to succeed against an education establishment that measures success in terms of dollars and not student achievement. Students and families must be given that chance through choice, transparency and accountability. In this Q & A session, we hope to answer some frequently
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U.S. Supreme Court hands another win to private school choice 0
- Education
- August 7, 2022
Lost in the hullaballoo surrounding the Roe v. Wade reversal is another Supreme Court decision that delivers a win for individualized educational opportunity – school choice. The court voted 6-3 in Carson v. Makin to strike down Maine’s prohibition of using the state’s town tuition program to fund attendance at religious schools. As significant as
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Give kids a fighting chance with choice, transparency, and accountability 0
- Education
- June 27, 2022
The Kansas Association of School Board’s June 14 report on the Governor’s Education Council tells you everything you need to know about the future of K-12 education, and it’s not pretty. The Education Council measures success in dollars, not improving academic achievement. Governor Kelly appointed two retired school superintendents from Kansas City and Dodge CityREAD MORE

Open enrollment law hardly destroys “representative government”0
- Education
- May 22, 2022
Hyperbolic claims by elected officials are not new to the world of politics. We are all used to office holders making claims that leave us scratching our collective heads. But a recent statement made by Kansas Board of Education member Michelle Dombrosky takes hyperbole, as the saying goes, “to the next level.” Reacting to legislation
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Governor’s Commission on Racial Equality – a missed opportunity to address real education issues 0
- Education
- April 15, 2022
Only three of 90 recommendations made by the Governor’s Commission on Racial Equality concerned education and none addressed the issue of improving student achievement for students of color. A presentation at the State Board of Education March meeting illustrates what a missed opportunity the commission’s efforts were to expose real systemic racism when it comes
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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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