K-12

What's ahead for Kansas school funding? The Kansas Supreme Court has threatened to shut down schools if lawmakers can't come up with a funding method that's constitutional. Many are now wondering how lawmakers will respond. One idea? Shifting money around, from wealthier districts to poorer districts.

Public school funding has generated some heated discussions at the Kansas Statehouse and at the state supreme court. But there was a time when education spending was a lot less controversial. Commentator William Jennings Bryan Oleander tells us more.

Our future is in the hands of our teachers. Shouldn't we allow educators the freedom to create their ideal teaching environment? Commentator John Richard Schrock tells us how all students are unique - just like their instructors - and he's come up with his own "Teacher's Creed."

A panel of judges in Shawnee County is considering whether to block a new method of funding Kansas public schools. Four school districts are asking the court to suspend the new method of giving "block grants" to schools and return to the former school finance system.

In the wake of budget cuts, more than a half-dozen Kansas school districts will let out classes earlier than scheduled this year to save money.

Regional headlines from the Associated Press

Many Kansas educators are upset about the governor's plan to repeal the school funding formula and reduce education spending. Guest commentator Aaron Estabrook, who sits on the Manhattan-Ogden School Board, is one of them.

Collective bargaining could be nixed if the proposed bill is adopted