Public Education
School districts in Kansas alone sit on $1.25 billion in operating cash reserves(The Sentinel) â New data from the Kansas Department of Education show school districts collectively added $68 million to their operating cash reserves in the last school year, bringing the… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school district targeted by US Dept. of Ed. for possible antisemitism(The Sentinel) â Kansas’ Maize USD 266 has been advised by the federal Department of Educationâs (DOE) Office for Civil Rights that it is among seven institutions in… Read More
Public Education
Kansas superintendent uses property tax deception to oppose open enrollment(The Sentinel) â Comments made at the Lansing, Kansas school board meeting on Nov. 13 exposed a consciously false claim and several school funding deceptions by USD 469 Superintendent Marty… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school board event attracts experts discussing ways to improve student achievement(The Sentinel) â With the theme of Improving Student Achievement by Changing Adult Behaviors, the Kansas School Board Resource Center (KSBRC) brought education experts from Kansas and nationwide to Wichita for a… Read More
Culture
Kansas Inspector General report pushes for background checks on teachers, staff(The Sentinel) â A recent audit by the Medicaid Inspector General of the Kansas Department of Health and Environmentâs management of School-Based Fee For Service Medicaid reimbursements for the… Read More
Courts
Missouri, Idaho and Kansas suing FDA for its rules on abortion-inducing pills, including drugs by mail(The Center Square) â Missouri, Idaho and Kansas filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requesting a rollback of rules… Read More
Courts
Kansas resident removed from board meeting wins First Amendment case against school board member(The Sentinel) â In a victory for free speech rights, a federal jury recently sided with Olathe resident Jennifer Gilmore who was removed from an Olathe Board of Education … Read More
Public Education
Historic gains in parentsâ rights are at risk in these Kansas school board elections on TuesdayHard-won, even historic, gains for parentsâ rights are at risk in Tuesdayâs Nov. 7 elections in the Lansing, Kansas, school district, warns a school board member there. The election for… Read More
Opinion
Kansas school board candidates get an F for honesty(The Sentinel) â The A+ Team, a slate of four candidates for the Blue Valley school board, posted a social media ad claiming that 86% of USD 229… Read More
Courts
Judge blocks abortion notification requirements in Kansas(The Sentinel) â A Kansas court has temporarily blocked a long-standing abortion law called the âWomenâs Right to Know Act.â On Oct. 30, Johnson County District Court Judge Krishnan Christopher… Read More
Public Education
Health textbook with explicit sexual content pulled from Kansas district(The Sentinel) â A âhealthâ textbook describing everything from anal sex to ârational suicideâ and presenting ideas such as the âgender spectrumâ as fact was heavily questioned at the Oct. Read More
Opinion
Just spending more wonât improve student achievement in Kansas(The Sentinel) â Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is touting recent slight increases in state assessments as proof that more spending results in improved student achievement. But a state audit and… Read More
Public Education
State’s ‘Star Awards’ reward processes, but cover up declining outcomes(The Sentinel) â The Kansas Department of Educationâs Star Awards program is another means of covering up low achievement and helping school districts deceive parents. Gold, Silver, Bronze… Read More
Opinion
New Kansas org claims to be moderate but wants to protect education status quo(The Sentinel) â Declaring that rural communities in Kansas are threatened by school choice advocates, a group of former legislators have founded Kansans First, dedicated to finding a âmiddle groundâ… Read More
Government
Education bureaucracy pushing the status quo in hearings(The Sentinel) â Legislative hearings over this and last week are focusing on how to improve outcomes in Kansas education, perhaps unsurprisingly, the education bureaucracy is arguing for the âstatus quo.â… Read More
Opinion
Recommendations to improve achievement by changing adult behaviors(The Sentinel) â Testimony submitted this week to the Kansas Special Committee on Education crystalized three unfortunate realities: (1) student achievement is low and has been trending down for many… Read More
Public Education
Kansas high school construction project, restrooms stir controversy(The Sentinel) â Ground is set to be broken at the new Hays, Kansas High School soon, and it is unclear if the USD 489 Board of Education has even… Read More
Homeschools
Kansans show micro schools and hybrids offer innovations in learning(The Sentinel) â Micro schools are the reimagining of the one-room schoolhouse, where class sizes are usually fewer than 15 students of varying ages, and the schedule and curriculum is… Read More
Public Education
Children exposed to porn, strangers via school tablets, apps: âNothing to screen these peopleâA mom in the Kansas City area thought her daughterâs fascination with âFurriesâ â sometimes described as a subculture of people interested in animals with human characteristics â reflected her… Read More
Culture
Kansas City librarian derides parents as âpeople who canât let other people have opinionsâ in front of audience of high school studentsAs Senior Teen Librarian at the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library, Kelsey Bates says she gets to âlive my dream of creating a warm and welcoming space… Read More