News from Wichita Liberty: Climate change, school bond campaign, charter schools
Wichita School Bond Finance Report Omits a Big Contribution
Yesterday, Citizens Alliance for Responsible Education (CARE) filed their campaign finance report. This group was in favor of the bond issue to benefit USD 259, the Wichita public school district.
There are some interesting details in this report, but there’s one glaring omission: there’s no mention of the campaign contribution made by the taxpayers of USD 259.
Click here for the full article, including a link to download CARE’s campaign finance report.
| Attitudes Towards Global Warming Are Changing
Global warming alarmists – in this article Christopher Booker refers to them simply as “warmists” – have become “even shriller and more frantic” in light of evidence that climate change may not be proceeding they way they’ve been predicting.
Click here for the full article.
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| Why don’t we have these in Wichita?
“Just 12 years later, economically disadvantaged students – defined as those eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches – in secondary charter schools are twice as likely to score at advanced or proficient levels on math and reading tests as their peers in traditional public schools, based on federally mandated national tests.”
Do we have charter schools in Wichita? Click here for the full story.
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| Global Warming Rope-a-Dope
Walter Williams reports that the science behind global warming is not as solid as alarmists and zealots present it to be. … Global warming alarmists pursue their agenda with zeal, and usually with no consideration as to the harmful effects of their policies. If uncontrovertible evidence that global warming is a mistake were to appear, would it make any difference to them? Of course not. Their crusade, which in reality is a thinly-disguised campaign against capitalism, would continue.
Click here for the full story.
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| In Public Schools, Incentives Matter
… describes a method for evaluating and paying teachers. It’s not based on what public schools do now, which is to reward teachers solely on the basis of longevity and education credentials earned. That’s because we’ve found that these two measures don’t do anything to improve the effectiveness of teachers. “Test scores, graduate degrees, and certifications – as much as they appear related to teaching prowess – turn out to be about as useful in predicting success as having a quarterback throw footballs into a bunch of garbage cans.”
Instead, Gladwell finds that personal characteristics and behavior of teachers matter highly. Click here for the full article.
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