Please take a moment to share this letter to the editor, which will be published in the Manhattan Mercury. It is written by Dr. Ed Olsen, retired economist from Kansas State University and former member of the Consensus Revenue Estimating Group: Dear Editor: Gubernatorial candidates Davis and Brownback have dueling...
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No comments Monthly Archives: October 2014
Hildabrand, Rubin and Macheers opt out of Lenexa and Shawnee Chamber forum
We are concerned that incumbents whose votes and positions on education don’t match their campaign rhetoric are failing to attend public events. Reps. Hildabrand, Rubin and Macheers didn’t attend a forum hosted by the Lenexa and Shawnee Chambers of Commerce. Kudos to Larry Meeker, Cindy Neighbor, Amber Versola, Linda Gallagher...
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No comments Report from KASB shows link between spending and achievement
A new report from KASB shows spending on education matters. “The amount of spending (total revenue per pupil, current spending per pupil, and spending on instruction per pupil; in actual dollars, adjusted for inflation, and adjusted for regional cost of living), is a significant predictor of almost all outcome measures,...
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No comments Tallman explains impact of inflation and increasing needs on school funding
Those who oppose increasing school funding like to compare funding and staffing now to 2005, which is before the Supreme Court ruled Kansas school funding was unconstitutionally low and ordered an increase. Montoy has not been overturned, and Gannon is pending, making comparison to 2005 (as opposed to pre-recession 2009)...
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