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...
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Declining Enrollment Requires Good Decision Makers
Game On team, please understand there is a nationwide population decline in school-age children, leading to declining enrollment in schools. Vouchers in Kansas would only add to this problem, and issues like the continued underfunding of special education also put extra financial pressures on our schools at a time when they can’t afford it. School closures and boundary changes are coming, and we hope that affected families work with their school boards rather than treating them with hostility for a problem they did not create. Here in Kansas, we continue to face a legislature that would prefer not...
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Leave a Comment Jim McMullen is Anti-Public Education
Patrons in Blue Valley got plenty of negative experience with Jim McMullen. He was stripped of his vice presidency of their school board and lost his bid for re-election, but now he’s running for State Board of Education. We’ve seen similar commentary from patrons in Lansing about Amy Cawvey. Both of them, along with Alana McWilliams are being propped up by the NY-based 1776 Project PAC. We believe Amy Diediker, Jennifer Lloyd and Ann Zimmerman would be much better members of the State Board of Education. Read on for more information from Stand Up Blue Valley. From Stand...
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Leave a Comment Don’t Be Fooled by the Anti-public Education Organizations
From Kansans for Excellence in Education As postcards and Facebook posts keep coming in during this campaign season, it is hard to separate fact from fiction. Below are big-buck anti-public-education organizations that often spread misinformation. They are part of a movement across the state and country to end Kansas public education as we know it. As a voter, you need to know who is paying for candidate ads and who is supporting them. Three candidates for State Board of Education are receiving money from some of these anti-public education organizations. Moms For Liberty, 1776 Project PAC, Americans For...
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