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By: Dave Trabert
October 14, 2011
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By: Dave Trabert
October 6, 2011
Word Count: 512
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August 24, 2011
By: Dave Trabert
According to the U.S. Department of Education, only a third of Kansas students are proficient in reading and roughly one out of four are functionally illiterate.
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By Dave Trabert
June 20, 2011
Word Count: 525
‘Deceived’ is a strong word but there’s no polite way to describe the way parents and teachers are being misled about the nature of school funding in Kansas.
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By Dave Trabert
If someone told you public school districts are talking about closing schools and firing teachers because of funding challenges, but aren't using millions in cash they built up over the past few years, you'd probably say "That can't be true." It's happening in Kan.
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By Dave Trabert
A commentary by Claudette Johns, executive director of the Kansas National Education Association, said that research presented by the Kansas Policy Institute was based on "glaring errors of analysis"
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By Dave Trabert
To borrow a line from Governor Brownback’s State of the State address, we have to stop hoping for the best and papering over the worst.
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By John LaPlante
Daisy is a child who wants to be a doctor so that she can “help someone in need.” Today she’s in fifth grade. Will she receive the kind of education that is necessary to succeed in high school, college, and then medical school?
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By John Laplante
WICHITA — Suppose you are an investor in an organization that said it needed more resources to achieve a desired outcome. Over the next four years, you and other investors pump $1.4 billion more into the organization but find that the goal still isn't being achieved.
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By Dave Trabert
A recent Wichita Eagle editorial said school superintendents are frustrated by what they say are misleading claims about school spending and the availability of large fund balances.
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