This piece should be required reading for legislators and anyone else opining on public education spending and achievement. Please read it, remember it when you hear public education critics misusing statistics and share it. Also note the spending increase include makeup payments to the teachers retirement fund (KPERS) (h/t KASB’s Shannon Kimball).

Here is the link. https://kylecarlin.substack.com/p/misleading

Originally posted on facebook on May 30, 2026