Rep. Stephanie Clayton has done a summary of the recent Gannon decision with translations you may find helpful. Gannon History: The Supreme Court was handed Gannon v. Kansas after two years of legal battles claiming the state had not abided by its constitutional requirement for “suitable provision for finance of the educational interests of the state”. In April, the Supreme Court divided the case into two components – equity and adequacy – and issued a decision requiring additional funds to make up for funding inequities between districts. The legislature complied with HB 2506 at the end of last...
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Salon reports on ugly segregationist history of the charter school movement
“The driving assumption for the pro-charter side, of course, is that market competition in education will be like that for toothpaste — providing an array of appealing options. But education, like healthcare, is not a typical consumer market. Providers in these fields have a disincentive to accept or retain ‘clients’ who require intensive interventions to maintain desired outcomes—in the case of education, high standardized test scores that will allow charters to stay in business. The result? A segmented marketplace in which providers compete for the ‘good risks,’ while the undesirables get triage. By design, markets produce winners, losers...
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Leave a Comment Representative Hineman explains policy “reforms” and public education purpose
Republican Representative Don Hineman has a great newsletter explaining several of the issues in Kansas public education funding right now. Please read it and share with your friends. Some legislators see an opportunity to implement policy reforms that involve diverting public funds toward private schools or home schooling. In fact, the first step in that direction was taken with the education appropriation bill last spring. It included provision for state subsidies of corporate scholarships for private education… a significant use of public funds in Kansas for the benefit of private education. That provision was one of the primary...
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Leave a Comment Garden City Telegram: repeated hits on education won’t solve funding woes
“Students should and can be educated in a cost-efficient way. When it comes to programs known to give youngsters a solid foundation for learning, lawmakers need to understand the return on investment, and what Kansas stands to gain or lose based on how it prepares — or fails to prepare — its children for future success.” http://www.gctelegram.com/opinion/kids-first-repeated-hits-on-education-won-t-solve-economic/article_07f38771-ad4d-5877-a186-4bca1bf28a78.html...
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