Public Education
KS education establishment out of touch with parents, student needs(The Sentinel) â The education establishment in Kansas appears to remain remarkably out of step with parentsâ and studentsâ needs. While polling in Kansas indicates parents overwhelmingly believe they should… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school officialâs wife was paid $41,000 in overtime(The Sentinel) â Last week, the Sentinel reported that Beth Schutte, a school nurse in USD 261 Haysville, was paid $126,000 last year. The district didnât respond to our inquiries before… Read More
Public Education
Kansas K-12 spending ranked #11, but âbang for the buckâ falls to #38(The Sentinel) â Public school spending and student achievement in Kansas resemble an escalator; one side (spending) goes up, and the other (achievement) goes down. Thatâs the analysis of a… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school nurse married to district official made $126,000 last year(The Sentinel) â A school nurse in USD 261 Haysville was the fifth-highest-paid employee in the district last year, paid over $126,000. That is more than 50% above the… Read More
Public Education
Kansas parent addresses school board with content, curriculum concerns(The Sentinel) â Kirsten Workman, who withdrew her daughter from high school English class over her concerns its content focused more on Critical Race Theory, gender issues, and political… Read More
Homeschools
Kansas parents explain the homeschooling surge(The Sentinel) â K-12 schools in Kansas have lost more than 10,000 students since the beginning of the pandemic, and homeschooling registrations have more than tripled during that period. Read More
Public Education
Conservatives sweep Kansas State Board of Education racesKansans voted overwhelmingly last Tuesday for parental rights and curriculum accountability in schools, in helping conservatives win all five of the open Kansas State Board of Education seats. Read More
Public Education
The Kansas State Board of Education recommends ‘retiring’ Indian mascots in K-12 schools ASAPThe Kansas State Board of Education has formally recommended K-12 schools in the state eliminate Native American mascots âas soon as possible.â Only one board member voted against… Read More
Public Education
Award-winning Kansas teacher charged with multiple felony sex crimes against studentsA veteran middle school teacher lauded for creativity in the classroom is facing six felony counts of unlawful sexual relations with students. Keil Hileman, a 53-year-old former Kansas… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Kansas school district votes to ban transgender students from opposite-sex bathrooms and sports teamsA Kansas school district voted Monday to ban transgender students from using bathrooms and competing on sports teams that donât match their birth gender. After months of… Read More
Culture
Kansas Lt. Governor dressed in gender-bending âdragâ costume amid accusations state funded âall-agesâ drag show(Daily Caller) â Kansas Democratic Lt. Gov. David Toland appears to have dressed in a âdragâ costume for a 2010 charity event amid accusations that the state funded an… Read More
Public Education
CRT is taught in Kansas, says Lansing school board member(The Sentinel) â Education officials insist that the tenets of critical race theory are not being taught in Kansas and other states, but a new survey of young adults indicates… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school district says accountability is key to its performance; policy group to follow up with panel discussion(The Sentinel) â The Wabaunsee school district has consistently outperformed surrounding districts and the state average on math and reading state assessments tests over the last several years. While the… Read More
Public Education
Report: Kansas could use accreditation threat to force schools to eliminate Native American mascotsSome are so eager to rid Kansas schools of Indian mascots that theyâre floating the threat of tying it to accreditation. An advisory group to the Kansas State… Read More
Public Education
Candidate invitation to speak at Kansas school may be election law violationA Derby High School instructor potentially ran afoul of state election law last week when she invited the Democrat challenger for the local State House of Representatives seat tospeak to… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Kansas parent on marxist material objection: School admins ‘corralled me into a curriculum challenge’(The Sentinel) â A Lansing parent has removed her high school senior from an English Composition class, contending the materials in the curriculum reflect political philosophy, like Marxism, that donât… Read More
Public Education
Large Kansas school district to seek additional input before deciding on cameras in the classroomCameras wonât be added to Kansas City, Kansas, schools anytime soon, after vocal opposition from some parents and teachers at a meeting Tuesday. The board of education meeting… Read More
Culture
Kansas Republicans bash Democrat Governor as far from âmiddle-of the-roadâ after discovering state funded, âall-agesâ drag showsRepublicans in Kansas are bashing Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly after they discovered several âall-agesâ drag shows allegedly funded in part by taxpayer dollars. The Daily Mail… Read More
Culture
KU Law school says ADF discussion of the First Amendment is âhate speechâ(The Sentinel) â Last week the University of Kansas student chapter of the Federalist Society invited Jordan Lorence, the senior counsel and director of strategic engagement at the Alliance Defending Freedom… Read More
Public Education
2022 pay increases for some school administrators dwarf teacher pay in Kansas(The Sentinel) â The average teacher pay increased by 4.3%Â (contracted base salary) in the 2022 school year, but some administrators received much larger increases. Wichita Superintendent Alicia Thompson got… Read More