“Already, Kansas lawmakers have passed on banning bump stocks, strengthening background checks and raising the age at which Kansans can buy a rifle. This bill isn’t expected to become law, either, and thank goodness. But its proponents did illustrate even better than their critics why sending underpaid, underappreciated and mostly...
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No comments Monthly Archives: April 2018
KASB, USA-Kansas Oppose HB 2789 on Concealed Carry in Schools
We don’t think this bill will become law in its current form, but it’s a bad bill, and we think our audience should know about it and contact committee members to urge them to vote against it. Here is some background from KASB. KASB and the United School Administrators of...
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No comments KASB: What We Learned From the New Cost Study
Here are the key points from the study, and why its findings are not really surprising. 1. Amount of money matters in student achievement. 2. Kansas already has highly efficient schools. 3. It takes a really big increase in funding to have the best results in the nation. 4. Additionally...
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No comments Wichita Eagle Article on KS Graduation Rates Ambition
“The study “finds a strong, positive relationship between educational outcomes and educational costs,” the authors said in their report. District officials point to a 15.7 percent increase in the graduation rate over the past seven years and say they could make bigger strides with more resources, including more teachers and...
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