Kansas school establishment defenders: the video

By: Bob Weeks (Diary)  |  March 26th at 05:19 PM  | 

A video criticizing the Kansas Policy Institute for placing a series of ads in Kansas newspapers claims KPI “conceals” and “ignores” facts and statistics. But I didn’t have to work very hard to find many gross and blatant mistakes, distortions, and coverups in the video — the same problems found in much of the communications of the Kansas public school spending bureaucracy and establishment. One | Read More »

In Kansas, public school establishment attacks high standards

By: Bob Weeks (Diary)  |  March 23rd at 08:26 PM  | 

When a Kansas public policy think tank placed ads in Kansas newspapers calling attention to the performance of Kansas schools, the public school establishment didn’t like it. The defense of the Kansas school status quo, especially that coming from Kansas Commissioner of Education Diane DeBacker, ought to cause Kansans to examine the motives of the public school spending establishment and their ability to be truthful | Read More »

Class size reduction not effective

By: Bob Weeks (Diary)  |  October 26th at 07:40 PM  | 

Recently the Center for American Progress released a report about class size reduction in schools and the false promise it holds for improving student achievement. While I am normally quite cautious about relying on anything CAP — a prominent left-wing think tank — produces, I’ve read the report, which is titled The False Promise of Class-Size Reduction. It’s accurate. It’s quite astonishing to see CAP | Read More »