We highly recommend reading this report. It’s main points are 1. Eligibility for free or reduced price meals based on family income is a highly effective predictor of student achievement in school. The low income population in Kansas has been growing faster than the national average. 2. Kansas has directed significant funding to at-risk programs, including all day kindergarten, but overall statespending has remained below the national average. 3. Kansas relies more heavily on state funding for at-risk programs and less on local funding than most states. As state at-risk funding increased, spending on instructional purposes has increased....
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Ohioan tells us charter schools are no solution though legislators keep supporting them
Earlier this session the House and Senate Ed Committees are hearing from the owner of Carpe Diem, a hybrid online charter school. Here’s a lighter look at why we oppose the expansion of charter schools: http://ateacheronteaching.blogspot.com/2013/09/ohio-charter-schools-suck-gop-lawmakers.html...
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Here’s a piece explaining at-risk achievement and how it is currently being threatened. http://heimkasb.blogspot.com/2014/02/thats-gold-jerry-gold.html...
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Leave a Comment Steve Anderson reveals plans to push corporate tax credits for private schools
The corporate tax credit “scholarship” bill (which was defeated last year) is going to be heard in the House Education Committee on Friday, though it was not on this week’s calendar until Tuesday afternoon. Why are we not surprised? Because recently, Brownback’s former budget director and current Kansas Policy Institute fiscal policy fellow Steve Anderson told us in the comments on the Game On for Kansas Schools Facebook page, “We could get 5000 kids out next year in Kansas using tax credit scholarships where people donate to a 501c3 and the scholarships go to those with lower than...
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