Subject: Education Standards

• Sebelius Blows Nationwide Exposure with Her Uptight Ways

  January 29, 2008

• Daily Briefs: Between the devil and the deep blue sea

  October 23, 2008

• Kansas budget woes: School funding? Or the economy, stupid?

  Bruce Baker thought he escaped Kansas' school funding wars when he moved to the east coast to teach at Rutgers University. But a couple of weeks ago, the school finance expert got sucked back in by Kansas Liberty, the self-professed "fair and factual" news source that's partially owned by conservative state Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook. Kansas Liberty cited a study released earlier this month -- "The Relationship Between School Funding and Student Achievement in Kansas Public Schools" -- in which Kans

  December 23, 2008

• The Twilight District, Episode 10

  March 21, 2002

• In Amato We Test

  July 19, 2007

• Letters from the week of March 26

  March 26, 2009

• In Amato We Trust?

  July 19, 2007

• Swimming With Sharky

  Grades behind in your studies? The Kansas City, Missouri, School District recommends a little Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul.

  March 3, 2005

• Children Left Behind

  Once again, adults try to end Kansas City's desegregation case.

  May 22, 2003

• The Long Walk Home

  Twenty-five years ago this week, the Kansas City school district started making a $2 billion mistake-and blacks are still paying.

  May 23, 2002

• School is in

  Southwest Charter school's approval of moving into the Southwest High School building highlights differing opinions over the role of charter schools in the district.

  June 1, 2000

• The Savior?

  The Kansas City, Missouri, School District is broken. Can Superintendent Benjamin E. Demps Jr. fix it?

  April 13, 2000

• Fresh off Obama ’08, Spark Bookhart goes to bat for the school board

  May 7, 2009