Culture, Legislation
Kansas House fails to override Democrat Gov. Laura Kellyâs vetoes of bills for fairness in womenâs sports and parentsâ rightsThe Kansas House failed Thursday to override the governorâs veto of a bill protecting womenâs sports and another establishing a parentsâ bill of rights. The state… Read More
Public Education
School choice op-ed: Donât “control your soulâs desire for chaos”(reimaginED) â Videos have surfaced recently of starving residents of Shanghai screaming in the night a week into an incredibly misguided COVID-19 lockdown that has imprisoned Chinese citizens in… Read More
Culture
Masterson vows override efforts on Kansas Parents’ Bill of Rights, fairness(The Sentinel) â Senate President Ty Masterson criticized Gov. Laura Kellyâs vetoes of the Parentsâ Bill of Rights, Fairness in Womenâs Sports Act, and a bill requiring able-bodied adults without… Read More
Public Education
Grades are in for Kansas schools: just one A, but 80 Fs(The Sentinel) â Based on 2021 state assessment scores, only one public school in Kansas earned an âAâ on Kansas Policy Instituteâs A-F Grading of Kansas Schools initiative. According to… Read More
Public Education
Topeka super Tiffany Anderson misleads parents on student achievement(The Sentinel) â To hear Topeka Superintendent Tiffany Anderson talk about student achievement in her district, you would think it is pretty good overall. But as is often the case with… Read More
Public Education
Kansas House passes needs assessment, other education reforms(The Sentinel) â For years many school districts across Kansas have likely ignored a state law requiring an annual building needs assessment designed to improve student achievement. If it becomes… Read More
Legislation
Open Enrollment bill narrowly approved in Kansas House(The Sentinel) â Kansas K-12 students will be able to transfer and attend any school district in the state, depending on capacity limitations, under a bill approved by the House. Read More
Culture, Public Education
Kansas Senate passes âParents Bill of Rightsâ(The Sentinel) â The âParents Bill of Rightsâ and school curriculum transparency legislation passed the Kansas Senate Tuesday 24-15. However the bill â SB496 â fell… Read More
Public Education
Remedial Ed audit finds systemic deficiencies in KS school system(The Sentinel) â A recently released state audit disclosed that about a third of Kansas high school graduates took at least one remedial course in college. High school and college educators… Read More
Public Education
18 Kansas teachers pledge to teach CRT tenets(The Sentinel) â Against a backdrop of curriculum transparency and Parents Bill of Rights legislation, comes a reminder that 18 Kansas teachers signed a pledge to continue teaching the… Read More
Public Education
Emporia school board member sends police after parentsA member of the Emporia Board of Education allegedly attempted to have a member of the public arrested after disagreements over her votes on school mask policies. The issue exploded… Read More
Public Education
Kansas teacher sues school district after punishment for refusing to use student-preferred name and pronounsA Kansas school district is accused of suspending and reprimanding a teacher for âdiscrimination and harassmentâ after she refused to use a studentâs preferred first name and gender… Read More
Homeschools
KC-area homeschool conference to offer curriculum options, educational resourcesAs the number of homeschooling families increases nationwide, support groups and organizations are stepping up to help parents explore this alternative education option. Read More
Culture
Kansas education commissioner suspended, nearly ousted, for childhood anecdote about IndiansThe Kansas commissioner of education has been suspended a month without pay, and nearly lost his job, after recounting a childhood story about his California cousinsâ ignorance of… Read More
Public Education
This public school districtâs âX-ratedâ book may reveal an agenda parents arenât aware ofAfter teachersâ raunchy read-alouds to sophomores, and after one to the school board last week, the Leavenworth Board of Education may now revisit whether a racy young-adult book… Read More