Public Education
Evidence-Based Grading: Another attempt to obscure poor performance?(The Sentinel) â The Shawnee Mission School District near Kansas City will unveil the concept of âEvidence-Based Gradingâ (EBG) in the upcoming school year, fueling the conversation about how best… Read More
Courts
SCOTUS decision will have little effect on Kansas college admissions(The Sentinel) â A Supreme Court decision in late June will have little effect on college admissions in Kansas according to the Kansas Board of Regents. On June 27, 2023,… Read More
Government
ACLU, Kansas teachers’ union tell schools to ignore Womenâs Bill of Rights law(The Sentinel) â Just days before the âWomenâs Bill of Rightsâ law goes into effect on July 1, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Kansas National Education Association (KNEA) sent… Read More
Public Education
Kansas district used $4 million extra at-risk state aid to boost SPED cash reserves(The Sentinel) â The Kansas Legislature provides over $500 million of at-risk funding to deliver services to students at risk of academic failure.[i] According to a 2019 state audit,… Read More
Culture
âMurder pornâ book in Kansas City-area libraryâs youth summer reading program alarms mother, âmortifiesâ 13-year-oldJennifer Williamsâ two young daughters have looked forward to the Johnson County Library summer reading program every year. But not anymore â not after her 13-year-old checked out a book… Read More
Opinion
Indoctrination nation: Missouri has moved to protect the youngest of children from age-inappropriate library books. Why wonât Kansas?Missouri has taken steps to protect its children from libidinous library books. Kansas obviously hasnât. Why in the world not? Last week The Lion found a talking childrenâs book in… Read More
Opinion
Kansas ed officials deceive school districts on efficiency and achievement(The Sentinel) â Imagine 100 students take a test where Johnnie gets a C and only four students had higher grades. That puts Johnnie in the 95th percentile relative to… Read More
Public Education
Amid literacy crisis, many universities still donât teach the science of reading(The Sentinel) â A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) shows that if the science of reading was being taught properly in universities, the U.S. would not have a serious literacy… Read More
Public Education
Homeschool students allowed to participate in public school activities next year(The Sentinel) â Noelle Friese is excited for her children in the homeschool she runs with her husband. After moving to Kansas a year ago with her husband Mathew, who… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school district dodges questions about transgender policy(The Sentinel) â The Shawnee Mission School District has declined to answer questions about its âTransgender Practices & FAQ,â a document obtained by the Sentinel as part of an open records request. The… Read More
Public Education
School board member tells parent to move out of Kansas if he doesnât like DEI, SELÂIn a Facebook exchange, Olathe Board of Education (OBOE) member Julie Steele told a father to move to another state if he doesnât like the progressive policies of the current… Read More
Public Education
Utah school district removes Bible from elementary and middle schools following complaintA Utah school district is removing the Bible from elementary and middle school libraries after receiving a complaint from a parent about its contents. It follows the passage of a… Read More
Public Education
Education officials top the 2022 Kansas public retirees âmillionairesâ list(The Sentinel) â Data provided by the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System shows Kansas has 3,778 KPERS âmillionairesâ â state and local government retirees who will collect at least $1… Read More
Culture
Records request backs up Kansas teacherâs complaints about DEI(The Sentinel) â The results of a Kansas Open Records Act request to the Shawnee Mission School District back up several of the claims made by Shawnee Mission North teacher Caedran Sullivan,… Read More
Public Education
The science of reading is the solution to state, nationâs literacy problem(The Sentinel) â Thirty-four percent of fourth-grade students in the United States cannot read at the basic level, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. It may not be unreasonable, then,… Read More
Public Education
These Kansas school districts continue to ignore state assessment law(The Sentinel) â For the third consecutive year, a review of 25 school districtsâ adherence to the school needs assessment law underscores why Kansas has a deepening achievement crisis â the public… Read More
Public Education
Citizens trying to read Lion article to KC-area county commission warning about anti-white racial indoctrination are shut downA group of citizens trying to read aloud a Lion article about racial indoctrination in local schools has been shut down by a Kansas City-area county commission for not being… Read More
Public Education
Kansas expands school choice tax credit scholarship program in SB 113(The Sentinel) â Next year a lot more students will be eligible to participate in the tax credit scholarship program with Governor Kelly signing SB 113 today. The Sunflower Stateâs only… Read More
Public Education
Olathe school board member Brian Connell censured over conduct at meetings(The Sentinel) â Olathe USD 233 Board Member Brian Connell was censured and removed from his committee assignments by fellow members over alleged disruptive behavior and outbursts during meetings. Board… Read More
Homeschools
Homeschool workshop, used curriculum sale to equip parents for next school yearFamilies 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