This is a well-written summary. Click here for the blog post and embedded photos: https://stephanametzger.wordpress.com/2015/09/15/kansas-school-finance-at-a-crossroads/ Kansas School Finance: At a Crossroads by Stephan A. Metzger I’m back to my roots. Education finance in Kansas has been getting a fair amount of news coverage in recent weeks, and for good reason. The...
Read more
No comments Monthly Archives: September 2015
Governor’s communications director derisive
We agree. “Melika Willoughby apparently is paid to be derisive – and with public tax dollars, no less. Gov. Sam Brownback’s deputy director of communications mocked ‘ever-litigating’ school districts and the media in a newsletter e-mailed last week. She called criticisms of school-funding levels ‘flimsy’ and ‘easily refuted’ — even...
Read more
No comments Merit pay for teachers doesn’t work
Governor Brownback is now promoting teacher merit pay. We posted earlier about the issues of tying teacher pay to test results. Here’s an article, with cited research, showing why merit pay doesn’t work. “It is curious that teachers vigorously oppose merit pay, even though they are the ones who are...
Read more
No comments VAM for merit pay does not work
Governor Brownback is now promoting teacher merit pay as part of the new school funding formula. That idea has largely been rejected after years of experience in other states. Here’s a summary of some of the research. “You can be certain that members of the American Statistical Association, the largest...
Read more
No comments