ACT scores for individual high schools in Kansas show concerning declines since 2015 in most cases. The statewide composite in 2015 was 21.9 but fell steadily […]
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Kansas schools build non-teaching staff, payrolls while enrollment, student performance decline
The hiring of non-teachers (administrators and all other employees who are not teachers) has continued an upward trend in Kansas for the past decade in […]
Kansas K-12 education is failing more students, and bureaucratic word salad won’t fix it
“Prairie Home Companion” on National Public Radio was about the fictional city Lake Wobegon, which host Garrison Keillor described as a place where “all women […]
Kansas’ “at risk” student program doesn’t need more money; it needs an overhaul
The Kansas Policy Institute has proposed a new model for the state’s woeful at-risk program. (In education circles, “at risk” students are those viewed to have a […]
Kansas new open enrollment law makes some school districts cranky
The bipartisan Open Enrollment legislation signed into law in 2022 offered hope for students who are trapped by their zip code in underperforming school districts. The law requires […]
Grading scale of student achievement shows 70% of Kansas schools making C’s & D’s
WICHITA – A conservative policy organization that monitors student achievement in Kansas has published an A-F grading summary of public and private schools across the […]
Kansas Early Learning Standards expand government framework, expectations for your kid
The Kansas Board of Eduction met January 9-10 in Topeka for its first meeting of 2024 and approved an expansion to the Kansas Early Learning […]
Keep cameras in the classrooms
One of the windows opened by the Covid pandemic for the rest of the outside world was one that allowed a glimpse into the activities […]