Culture
BCBS Kansas hides Pride Parade participation from policyholders(The Sentinel) â Blue Cross/Blue Shield Kansas (BCBSKS), headquartered in Topeka, will not answer questions about the companyâs role in the Pride Parade held in June in the capital city. … Read More
Culture
âUnlimited abortionsâ: Kansas sees record increase in abortions, as it deregulates while other states up regulations post-RoeKansas is becoming the abortion hub of the Midwest, with a record increase in the stateâs aborted babies in 2022. And with 69% of those abortions being performed on out-of-staters,… Read More
Uncategorized
Kansas State Board of Education subject of scathing report on at-risk student spending(The Sentinel) â A new report from the Kansas Division of Legislative Post Audit paints a damning picture of mismanagement and misuse of funding for âAt Riskâ students. Presented on July… Read More
Public Education
Phones in classrooms? This Kansas district says noThe Great Bend Board of Education approved a measure that would ban the use of cell phones in classrooms of its Kansas high school by a 4-2 vote. âIâve already… Read More
Public Education
Local Kansas school board member says shady attempt to alter ethics policy was behind his loss of temper(The Sentinel) â Disagreement over an attempt to remove conflict of interest language from district ethics policy prompted an Olathe, Kansas Board of Education member to storm out of a… Read More
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
Legislation
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