Are your local legislators making inaccurate statements about school funding? If so, please correct them. Thank you Great Bend Tribune for this editorial. “But those harsh comments are not only hard to swallow, they’re off target. Buses are a capital outlay expense. Straub should know that. If she doesn’t, perhaps her party has made a poor decision in asking her to fill that seat. “In a nutshell, here’s some school finance basics: The funds allotted each school district are divvied up into many different buckets, and the money in each bucket can only be spent for what it’s designated...
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NY Times Article: Silicon Valley in Kansas Schools
We support districts choosing education methods for their local communities, but we are concerned with programs like Summit and the charter school chain Carpe Diem certain legislators tried to push a few years ago. Sitting in front of a laptop for hours isn’t the same as engaging with a teacher and classmates. https://www.nytimes.com/…/silicon-valley-kansas-schools.html Originally posted to Facebook on 04/22/2019/...
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Leave a Comment Our Response to Ron Ryckman in Topeka Capital Journal
Thank you to the Topeka Capital Journal for publishing our response to Rep. Ryckman’s recent op ed which ran in papers throughout the state. Elected officials are entitled to share their perspective, but it’s important to give the public the opportunity to provide omitted information and correct inaccurate statements. The Kansas City Star and Wichita Eagle have so far declined to publish our response. “Rep. Ryckman’s concept of how to deal with fiscal uncertainty in the future defies common sense and abdicates his responsibility. His overall theme is that we must ‘help’ our children by avoiding promising them...
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Leave a Comment WaPo Article on Financial Literacy Requirements
We opposed a bill to mandate financial literacy as a graduation requirement for Kansas high school students for multiple reasons. This article explains part of what’s wrong with such mandates. “Maybe we could design financial education more closely aligned with the financial needs and choices of average Americans, and divine a way to deliver it at the exact right moment. But until we do, kids would be much better off spending more time in ordinary math classes rather than trendy financial-education courses. One study — which also found no effect for financial education — found that additional math...
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