Public Education
Kansas school district attempts to stifle, marginalize board members(The Sentinel) â Chanute (Kansas) Board of Education President Heather Guernsey and Superintendent of Schools Matt Koester refuse to answer questions about a âboard governance documentâ designed… Read More
Homeschools
Kansas homeschool robotics team celebrates Capitol honors, 25th anniversaryInventing robots to help treat cardiovascular disease? Homeschooled students in Kansas have a heart â and a growing name â for doing just that. Indeed, the Wichita Homeschool Robotics team… Read More
Public Education
Kansas AG says implementing Biden’s Title IX policy is “foolish and a waste of money”(The Sentinel) â The Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) is telling school districts they must soon adopt policies â contrary to state law â that allow boys who identify as… Read More
Public Education
Education officials at the top of the 2023 Kansas pension âmillionairesâ list(The Sentinel) â Data provided by the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System shows that Kansas has 4,375 KPERS âmillionairesâ â state and local government retirees who will collect at least… Read More
Courts
Kansas sues federal government over new Title IX rules(The Sentinel) â Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is suing the federal government over changes to Title IX requirements that are supposed to protect women and minorities from… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school district seems in violation of building needs assessments law(The Sentinel) â A Kansas school district appears to be in violation of state law K.S.A. 72-1163, which requires local school boards to conduct annual needs assessments in each school and publish… Read More
Culture
Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids has financial ties to backers of groups staging anti-Israel protests, report allegesKansasâ U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids is taking money from a funder of some of the groups involved in the anti-Israel protests, according to a report by Fox News. Davids, who represents… Read More
Opinion
Kansas school district surrenders records after nearly a month of obfuscations and denials(The Sentinel) â After weeks of back and forth reminiscent of a Franz Kafka novel, USD 233 Olathe finally sent the records they continually insisted either did not exist or… Read More
Public Education
Some Kansas schools support open enrollment law, others seem hostile(The Sentinel) â The bipartisan Open Enrollment legislation signed into law in 2022 offered hope for students who are trapped by their zip code in underperforming school districts. Read More
Government
Kansas House fails to override veto of youth ‘gender-affirming care’(The Sentinel) â A bill that would have banned so-called âgender-affirming careâ for minors in the state is dead, at least for this session, after two Kansas House Republicans switched… Read More
Public Education
Grades for Kansas schools show continued declines in 2023(The Sentinel) â The new âA-F Grading for Kansas Schools,â based on 2023 state assessment scores, shows nearly half of Kansas public schools earned a âDâ or âFâ grade, and overall… Read More
Government
Kansas legislators should follow the principled lead of these three Democrats(The Sentinel) â âAs I watch children in poverty, trapped in failing schools, who can hardly read, Iâd be damned if I will continue to defend the status quo.â This… Read More
Courts
Judge orders Olathe school board to pay $259K legal fees for plaintiff in First Amendment case(The Sentinel) â Federal District Court Judge Holly Teeter on April 4 ordered the Olathe school board to pay Jennifer Gilmoreâs attorney, Linus Baker, $259,233 in attorneyâs fees… Read More
Opinion
KASB congratulates USD 489 Hays on declining student outcomes(The Sentinel) â If Benjamin Franklin were alive today, he might say there are three things you can count on â death, taxes, and the Kansas Association of School Boards… Read More
Public Education
High School senior infiltrates school âSatanâ club led by middle-aged satanistA high school senior in Olathe, Kansas infiltrated a now-defunct after-school Satan club, only to find it led by a middle-aged devil satanist. Media around the country have reported on… Read More
Government
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes bill to ban âgender-affirming careâ for minors(The Sentinel) â A new law that would have banned so-called âgender-affirming careâ for minors has been vetoed by Governor Laura Kelly. Senate Bill 233, which passed … Read More
Government
Kansas Blueprint for Literacy requires âscience of readingâ in comprehensive education reform(The Sentinel) â Using the science of reading to teach literacy will soon be required in Kansas schools â and to train new educators in Kansas teacherâs college programs. Read More
Opinion
Missouri, Kansas lawsuits remind Biden that student loans remain Congressâ prerogative(The Daily Signal) â In a lawsuit filed on Monday, Missouri invites the federal courts to recognize that President Joe Bidenâs preoccupation with canceling student loans is part of a pattern. Read More
Homeschools
Second-generation homeschool graduate reflects on upcoming KC-area ceremonyGracie Neland graduated high school through her momâs âalma materâ in 2022 â except this was no school or university, but a homeschool nonprofit. The Midwest Parent Educators (MPE) association… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school district refuses to answer questions about alleged âmurder listâ(The Sentinel) â More than a year after an alleged âincidentâ involving an alleged âmurder listâ at Wolf Springs Elementary School in Kansas, questions remain about the… Read More