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Early Childhood Education Degrees. Continuing Education For Teachers. Early Childhood Education Degrees. Continuing Education For Teachers. Teaching Degrees in Kansas. Teaching Degrees in Kansas. With excellent teacher-to-student ratios and high average standardized test scores, Kansas is an attractive market for qualified teachers. If one is looking to secure a teaching degree in Kansas, there are some important considerations to be aware of, including:. The value of a master’s degree. This is a federal...
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Two New Resources | Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond
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Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond. If you’re interested in education in Kansas, here are some websites you should check out:. Takes information from the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) and transforms it into an easy to understand, sortable format. You can look at district revenues and spending per pupil, as well as district checkbooks, cash balances, and other financial information. You can also compare one district to another. By John R. LaPlante. May 25, 2011 at 12:24 pm.
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Students benefit from Voucher Programs | Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond
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Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond. Students benefit from Voucher Programs. Writing for the Foundation for Education Choice, Jeff Reed explains the benefits of school choice in a letter to the Johnson County Sun. 8220;Nine of the 10 “gold standard” studies examining voucher programs concluded that some or all participants benefited academically. By John R. LaPlante. June 22, 2011 at 1:14 pm. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed. FAQs about charter schools. Trends in total s...
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Sue your way to … high spending levels | Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond
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Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond. Sue your way to … high spending levels. Kansas is developing a new tradition: School districts suing the people, through the Legislature. The website Kansas Reporter (affiliated, as I am, with the Kansas Policy Institute) has taken note of recent developments. About 60 school districts. A follow-up article tells about the members of a 3-judge panel that will hear the lawsuit. By John R. LaPlante. November 8, 2010 at 9:34 pm. FAQs about charter schools.
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Not so great after all | Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond
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Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond. Not so great after all. Kansans often think that their public schools do well on national tests. And they do–but only if we’re grading on a curve. For more, see a recent press release from the Kansas Policy Institute. By John R. LaPlante. February 10, 2012 at 11:44 am. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed. Report nicks Kansas for lack of AP opportunities. Take a lesson from Wisconsin ». FAQs about charter schools. How much do we spend?
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A contrary view on the Common Core Standards Initiative | Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond
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Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond. A contrary view on the Common Core Standards Initiative. One education reform that most people haven’t heard of is the Common Core Standards Initiative. Has a short article about the controversy, quoting both sides. Opponents have created a counter-manifesto, titled “ Closing the Doors on Innovation. 8221; I’m one of the signatories. You can add your name, too. By John R. LaPlante. June 9, 2011 at 11:06 am. On June 9, 2011 at 7:47 pm. Tutoring Options...
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Take a lesson from Wisconsin | Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond
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Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond. Take a lesson from Wisconsin. So it looks like Gov. Scott Walker won’t be thrown out of office for getting the state out of business of collecting dues for the teachers union. Good. Now that the political season is over (for a month or so! Admittedly from a pro-Walker source, that gives examples of cost savings. Kansas, for its part, is enduring yet another legal challenge from school districts that want more money. Of course, who can blame them?
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Kansas Education Spending 1969-2007 | Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond
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Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond. Kansas Education Spending 1969-2007. If Kansas doubles the amount of money it spends on schools, will that be enough? This afternoon I’ve been looking through the Digest of Education Statistics. A massive report compiled by the U.S. Department of Education. It’s a compilation of information from across the country, so it’s useful for making comparisons across the states. 1970 … $3,916. 1980 … $5,353. 1990 … $7,152. That’s a 244 percent increase. List ...
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Selecting members of the Kansas Supreme Court | Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond
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Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond. Selecting members of the Kansas Supreme Court. One fallout of the Montoy decision has focused attention on the fact that the selection of members to the Kansas Supreme Court is a secret process without any public input. Dr. Stephen J. Ware of the University of Kansas talks about the judicial selection process in this short video. By John R. LaPlante. January 11, 2011 at 11:48 am. Under School funding lawsuit. Kansas Education Spending 1969-2007. Links...
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Progressives against homeschooling | Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond
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Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond. How significant is homeschooling? Consider this, from Kevin D. Williamson at National Review Online:. 8220;by the simple act of instructing their children at home, [homeschoolers] pose an intellectual, moral, and political challenge. To the government-monopoly schools, which are one of our most fundamental institutions and one of our most dysfunctional.”. You’ll read words to this effect not only in a conservative publication such as NRO, but in.
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