“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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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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Leave a Comment Bill would remove gifted education from special education funding
We’ve learned there is a draft of a bill to remove gifted education from special education being discussed by several legislators. We are concerned that we will see this bill and other moves to removed education services or funding as we enter the 2015 legislative session. Please contact your local legislators and tell them you oppose any attempts to de-fund gifted education or any other special education. See more information here: http://www.koamtv.com/story/27796157/an-early-house-bill-propose-to-cut-gifted-from-special-education-funding-in-kansas#.VK8edTdFBq8.facebook...
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