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Culture
‘Honey, I’m a woman’: Man claiming to be a woman exposed himself to mother and daughter in YMCA locker room

An investigation is underway after a man who claimed to be a woman reportedly exposed himself in front of a 7-year-old girl and her mother in the women’s locker room… Read More

April 22, 2025
Public Education
Kansas community college says it has closed its Office of Inclusion and Belonging, but Zoom meeting assures ‘the work will continue’

(The Sentinel) – Johnson County Community College (JCCC) near Kansas City recently made headlines by announcing the closing of its Office of Inclusion and Belonging soon after receiving the… Read More

March 19, 2025
Public Education
Kansas City Public Schools needs more accountability, not money, critics say 

Critics of Kansas City Public Schools’ impending $474 million bond proposal say the district needs more accountability, not money. If approved in the April 8 election, the bonds will… Read More

March 18, 2025
Homeschools
Homeschool conference to support Midwestern families through special-needs resources, learning screenings

While Christy-Faith has more than 20 years’ experience coaching children of “A-listers and billionaires,” her newest initiative lies in helping homeschool parents – not celebrities. “I’m on a mission to… Read More

February 27, 2025
Courts
Midwest mom monitoring sex-related materials in schools banned from district property, sues

A suburban Kansas City mother who’s doggedly monitored sexually inappropriate materials in her public schools is now suing the district for banning her from school property last week. After previously… Read More

February 18, 2025
Christian Schools
Therapy dog boosts spirits at Kansas City Christian school

Back-to-school is less “ruff” at Northland Christian School thanks to its new four-legged friend. Ruby Blaze, a four-month-old English lab, has become a fast favorite at the Kansas City… Read More

January 9, 2025
Public Education
Kansas City area teacher arrested for possession, distribution of child pornography

A Kansas City-area high school teacher has been charged in federal court with distribution and possession of child pornography. Seth Brummond, 37, of Greenwood, Missouri, was charged Thursday with “one… Read More

December 20, 2024
Christian Schools
Students honor beloved band director, man of influence, before his death 

Steve Fulmer impacted his students in larger-than-life ways. Before his death Sunday, his students found a special way to honor him.  Fulmer, 70, founded Northland Christian School’s band and directed… Read More

December 20, 2024
Culture
‘Borrower beware’? That appears to be the policy for age-inappropriate books for children at this Kansas City-area library

The Missouri secretary of state last year enacted a rule requiring libraries to “adopt written policies determining what material is age-appropriate.” But at least one Kansas City-area library seems to have… Read More

June 11, 2024
Culture
‘Something less honorable’: Kansas City suburb bans Thin Blue Line police flags from annual Fourth of July display

Waves of sorrow and fury have followed Merriam City Council’s 6-2 vote to remove Thin Blue Line flags honoring fallen police officers from the city’s annual Flags 4 Freedom exhibit. Read More

May 17, 2024
Opinion
This Kansas City-area school district used to take in education refugees; now it may be creating them

Whither do you flee when the county to which you fled needs fleeing? This is the uncomfortable question more than a few Johnson County, Kansas, residents find themselves asking. A… Read More

April 26, 2024
Culture
‘An evil agenda’: Kansas City officials’ video reading of children’s gender transition book whips up storm of revulsion

Top Kansas City officials seem to have gone out of their way to choose a children’s gender-transition book to read to kids on a video for National Reading Day. Read More

March 6, 2024
Homeschools
KC-area homeschool conference to add student learning screenings to resources for parents

Homeschooling parents in the Kansas City area can access an additional resource this spring – learning screenings for a snapshot of their child’s developmental progress. The Midwest Parent Educators (MPE)… Read More

March 6, 2024
Public Education
Missouri school’s LGBT lesson plans for kindergarteners include resources from pro-sex change organization

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – North Kansas City School District is offering children, as young as in kindergarten, lessons on LGBTQ history that include stories of little boys who dress… Read More

December 6, 2023
Public Education
Second Kansas City-area school district lowers bar for grades; new bottom is 50%, ‘any effort’ earns 60%

Students in a Kansas City-area school district who do no work could end a course with 50% on their record, and with “any effort” receive a minimum of 60%. That’s… Read More

September 13, 2023
Public Education
Critics: Kansas City Public Schools exhibits ‘soft bigotry of low expectations’ in giving all students at least 40%, even on schoolwork not done

Kansas City, Missouri Public Schools is epitomizing “the soft bigotry of low expectations” by giving all students at least 40% credit on all tests and assignments – even ones that… Read More

August 21, 2023
Opinion
How about ‘American Pride Month’ in July? It’d be a great discussion starter, and your beleaguered country sorely needs the love

I suddenly stopped eating to scan the dining room. I saw seemingly every make and model of human being enjoying Kansas City barbecue and each other – many in racially… Read More

July 3, 2023
Culture
Children’s talking picture book at suburban Kansas City public library teaches the ABCs to kids using gay and sexual terms

A children’s talking book offered at a suburban Kansas City public library seeks to teach the ABCs using words such as trans, intersex, bi(sexual), pan(sexual) and non-binary. Some examples from… Read More

June 16, 2023
Public Education
‘God, let me make it there on time.’ School Resource Deputy talks suicidal teen down from water tower 

When law enforcement officers responded to a late-evening call about a teen climbing a water tower, they discovered a suicidal 8th grader near the top who only wanted to talk… Read More

June 1, 2023
Homeschools
Homeschool workshop, used curriculum sale to equip parents for next school year

Families interested in homeschooling often cite two challenges in starting: trying to find local resources, as well as choosing curriculum. However, the Midwest Parent Educators (MPE) nonprofit plans… Read More

May 17, 2023