Tag: School choice
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Kansas parents lack power
Compared to other states, parents in Kansas have little power to exercise control over school decisions, according to the Center for Education Reform.
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Winners and losers in Kansas school finance lawsuit
There are winners and losers now that the decision has been made in the Kansas school finance lawsuit. But no group lost more than Kansas schoolchildren.
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Kansas budget solution overlooked
As Kansas prepares for a legislative session that must find ways to balance a budget in the face of declining revenues, not all solutions are being considered.
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Kansas Democrats wrong on school spending
While the Kansas Democratic Party apologized last week for misstating candidates’ voting record on two mail pieces, the party and its candidates continue a campaign of misinformation regarding spending on Kansas public schools.
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Looking for Kansas school efficiency, sort of
Dueling online Kansas school spending feedback forms reveal a problem inherent in Kansas schools.
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Role of government in Kansas schools deflects attention from solutions
Focus on two Kansas school efficiency panels, school spending, and the surrounding politics is deflecting attention away from what Kansas schoolchildren and parents really need: Choice.
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Regarding Kansas schools, power is not with parents
Information and options allow parents to make the best decisions for their children regarding schools. But in Kansas, parents have little power to make good decisions for their children, relative to the other states.
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Kansas reasonable: The education candidates
In Kansas, who are the candidates and special interest groups that have a reasonable approach to education?
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Kansas teachers union email: who is reasonable?
Kansas progressives in both major political parties who want larger state government are promoting themselves as “reasonable.” Another email from an official of Kansas National Education Association (KNEA) asking union members to switch their voter registration in order to vote in Republican primaries provides additional insight into the true motivations of the union, and a…