Tag: Education
Wichita public school district transparency
Transparency issues surrounding the Wichita public school district are in the news. There are steps that are easy to make, but the district resists.
Kansas school fund balances
Kansas school fund balances rose this year, in both absolute dollars and dollars per pupil.
From Pachyderm: Wichita school board candidates
From the Wichita Pachyderm Club: A forum of candidates for Wichita school board. Recorded June 16, 2017.
WichitaLiberty.TV: James Franko, Kansas Policy Institute
In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV: James Franko of Kansas Policy Institute joins Bob Weeks and Karl Peterjohn. Topics are the new Kansas school finance bill and the new tax bill.
Explaining the Kansas budget, in a way
A video explaining the Kansas budget is accurate in many aspects, but portrays a false and harmful myth regarding school spending.
Shocking News about Kansas Education!
Listening too often to Topeka politicians and administrators can leave a normal person feeling rather jaded, even used. Or maybe it’s the reporting, sometimes I just don’t know, writes Paul Waggoner.
Fake government spawns fake news
Discussions of public policy need to start from a common base of facts and information. An episode shows that both our state government and news media are not helping
Kansans are concerned about the level of state spending on schools
A public opinion poll asks whether Kansans are concerned about school spending, but leaves us wondering why they are concerned.
Wichita student/teacher ratios
Despite years of purported budget cuts, the Wichita public school district has been able to improve or maintain student/teacher ratios.
