Opinion, Public Education
Kansas publication aids and abets student achievement cover-up(The Sentinel) â Itâs bad enough that there are more high school students below grade level in Kansas than are proficient. But media aiding and abetting education officialsâ cover-up attempts… Read More
Culture
Pro-life organizers explain Kansasâ misunderstood abortion amendment, plead for truthful reporting on itKansas gave Donald Trump around 57% of its votes in both 2016 and 2020. Yet, barring approval of a constitutional amendment Aug. 2, it could become one of… Read More
Culture
Kansas pro-lifers fighting vandals, thieves, misinformation to restore abortion regulation authority to lawmakers Aug. 2Evidence of pro-abortion vandalism in Kansas (photos collected by KSNT). Kansas is suddenly ground zero in the abortion fight, and thereâs a ground war to… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Kansas’ âValue Them Bothâ amendment allows regulations but doesnât ban abortions as opponents imply(The Sentinel) â Kansans will vote on a constitutional amendment known as Value Them Both on August 2 to determine whether there should be any regulation on abortion. Opponents imply… Read More
Legislation, Public Education
Educational inequality creates economic inequality in Kansas(The Sentinel) â Kansas ranks in the bottom half of states in educational equality, which an economist says is directly related to the state having severe economic inequality. As the… Read More
Culture, Public Education
National panel lays bare the radical race and sex agenda in Americaâs schools, offers solutionsAs a rapt audience listened to a panel of experts explain the damage being done to schoolkids by radical far-left ideologies on race and gender, a lonely cry for… Read More
Culture, Public Education
A Kansas school board implements a Parents Bill of Rights(The Sentinel) â On June 13, 2022, the Lansing, Kansas, Board of Education did what the Kansas Legislature was unable to do, passing a Parents Bill of Rights. The small… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas is #32 in educational ‘racial equality,’ belying officialsâ ‘anti-racism’ claims(The Sentinel) â Kansas is the 32nd-worst state in the nation for racial equality, showing once again school officialsâ alleged devotion to ending racism and discrimination is merely cover for a… Read More
Christian Schools, Public Education
Extent of far-left race and sex curricula in schools, and solutions, to be discussed by national panel at free public event in KC MondayFrighteningly fringe curriculum on race and sexuality is much more widespread across America â and much less coincidental â than many parents realize, close observers say. âThese… Read More
Public Education
Possible school election bribery case not big enough for a local Kansas prosecutor. Will the attorney general step in?A local prosecutor wonât touch the case, but the Kansas Attorney Generalâs office may investigate whether a school superintendent attempted to bribe district employees into voting for a recent multimillion-dollar… Read More
Public Education
Kansas mom spearheads petition for right to speak at public meetings(The Sentinel) â An online petition is proposing to amend the Kansas Open Meetings Act to require all meetings of public bodies and agencies, particularly school boards, to allow time… Read More
Public Education
Parents raise concerns about Kansas middle school theatre teacher(The Sentinel) â Controversy swirled around Basehor-Linwood Middle School Reading/Theatre instructor Sarah Homan at the school yearâs end, as several parents with children under her instruction voiced criticisms of some… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Graduation task force ignores the low-achievement elephant in the room(The Sentinel) â Faced with an enormous student achievement problem, the Kansas State Board of Education is taking the very predictable bureaucratic approach of creating a graduation requirements task… Read More
Legislation
Open Enrollment, other education reforms signed into law by Kansas governor(The Sentinel) â Beginning in 2024, open enrollment will permit any Kansas student to transfer schools, based on the receiving schoolâs capacity, following Governor Laura Kellyâs signing into law a… Read More
Public Education
County prosecutor won’t take election bribery case against superintendent(The Sentinel) â The Ellis County Attorneyâs decision to not prosecute election bribery signals that the trend of picking and choosing which crimes to prosecute is no longer confined to… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Taxpayer exposes Olathe school board presidentâs bullying, misinformation tactics(The Sentinel) â The Olathe school district says it wonât tolerate bullying and harmful behavior, which should also apply to school board members. But school board president Joe Beveridge… Read More
Public Education
NCTQ: Teacher training in Kansas lacks math commitment(The Sentinel) â A nationwide study of 1,100 elementary teacher training programs, including 16 in Kansas, shows more than 20% fail to provide adequate instruction in math. The numbers are… Read More
Public Education
Olathe rewards superintendent Yeager for DEI, not academic improvement(The Sentinel) â USD 233 Olathe Superintendent Dr. Brent Yeager can earn a $25,000 annual bonus for implementing the school boardâs diversity and other objectives, but not for improving the… Read More
Public Education
Eudora girl forced to share a bed with biological male on school-sponsored overseas trip(The Sentinel) â On a school trip to Costa Rica earlier this month, three female high school students in the Eudora school district were assigned to a two-bed hotel room… Read More
Public Education
Prosecutor considers election bribery charge against Hays superintendent(The Sentinel) â Ellis County Attorney Robert Anderson, Jr. is reviewing the results of an investigation into election bribery by Hays USD 489 Superintendent Ron Wilson. As reported on the… Read More