“The teacher shortage in Kansas is getting worse, and it doesn’t look to get better anytime soon. Kansas City, Kan., has been hit hard by the lack of education funding from the state. They are looking to hire dozens of teachers but struggling to find anyone to fill those positions. Kathy Busch is on the Kansas Board of Education and says not only are many teachers leaving Kansas for better pay elsewhere, new teachers just aren’t applying to work here.” Watch the story here: http://fox4kc.com/2015/11/12/kansas-teacher-shortage-continues-to-get-worse/...
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Dierks and Ewy removed from House Education Committee
This is bad news regarding the House Education Committee and further evidence of how the anti-public education agenda will be pushed during the 2016 legislative session. Representative Rooker was pulled from the House Education Committee last year. Moderates Rep. Diana Dierks (Salina) and Rep. John Ewy (Jetmore) were removed November 11. Rep. Willie Dove, who is not a moderate, was also moved to replace moderates on the Health and Human Services Committee. The three will be replaced on the House Education Committee by Kasha Kelley (Arkansas City), Becky Hutchins (Holton) and Kevin Jones (Wellsville). We became familiar with...
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Leave a Comment What we wish Masterson and Lunn would acknowledge about school funding needs
In the K-12 Student Success Commission meeting yesterday, Sen. Masterson of Andover and Rep. Lunn of Overland Park complained that funding was up but NAEP scores were down. Sen. Masterson claimed that K-12 instructional spending is up over inflation, but scores are down. Rep. Lunn said school funding has increased in recent years but scores are down and that he doesn’t see a correlation between spending and results, and he said it was hard for him to see how we’re not adequately funding K-12. (Thank you to Stephen Koranda, Jonathon Shorman, Scott Rothschild and Mark Tallman for tweeting...
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Leave a Comment Lunn questions link between spending and outcome, KASB has opposite conclusion
“Rep. Jerry Lunn, R-Overland Park, said spending in K-12 from 2012 to 2015 had increased by $312 million while other agencies and areas declined. “’Which tells me that there’s really not a great correlation between how much you spend and the outcome you generate,’ Lunn said. “Just hours later, however, the Kansas Association of School Boards released a new analysis showing the state’s performance on national tests rose and fell with funding.” Read more here: http://cjonline.com/news/2015-11-10/report-student-test-scores-rise-and-fall-funding...
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