We lost a special advocate for Kansas children this week. Richard Nitsch was a founding member of Game On. He eventually decided to focus his energy on helping children at the local level and was an active volunteer and youth mentor with the Shawnee Mission MVP program. He was a youth wrestling coach and official, past PTA officer at Belinder Elementary School and Indian Hills Middle School and a band booster at Shawnee Mission East, among other things. He was also a husband, father and remarkable human being. We will miss his smile and his positive energy, and...
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Let’s Arm Teachers With… – John Heim Blog
An editorial column about school safety from John Heim at KASB. https://heimkasb.blogspot.com/ Originally posted to Facebook on 3/17/2018....
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Leave a Comment KCUR Article re: Texas A&M School Funding Report
“‘It says if we’re going to get substantially higher outcomes,’ David Smith said, ‘then we need to spend more money.’ “The analysis — by external consultants — matters because Republican legislative leaders had hoped it could form the basis of their rationale to the Kansas Supreme Court for whatever amount they ultimately spend on schools this spring.” http://kcur.org/…/consultant-suggests-kansas-schools-could-… Originally posted to Facebook on 3/16/2018....
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Leave a Comment KC Star Editorial re: Texas A&M School Funding Report
“‘The analysis finds a strong, positive relationship between educational outcomes and educational costs,’ Taylor concluded. She also said a 1 percentage point increase in graduation rates is associated with a 1.2 percent increase in costs in lower grades and a 1.9 percent increase in costs at the high school level. “That amounts to a breathtaking repudiation of the long-standing conservative argument that there’s no link between outcomes and spending.” http://amp.kansascity.com/latest-news/article205595439.html… Originally posted to Facebook on 3/16/2018....
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