Legislation
School Board Member Free Speech and Transparency Act gets hearing in Kansas(The Sentinel) â HB 2382, the School District Board of Education Member Free Speech and Transparency Act, was introduced at a hearing before the Kansas House Education Budget Committee. The bill amends… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Kansas district officials silent on gender-transitioning book being read to kindergartners(The Sentinel) â A Kansas City, Kansas, USD 500 kindergarten teacher proudly, but anonymously, posted on a social media page that they had read the book Julian is a… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas education commissioner claims âproficientâ is a made-up term(The Sentinel) â Kansas education commissioner Randy Watson last week told the State Board of Education that âproficient is a made-up term that the federal government makes us define.â Watson… Read More
Culture
Kris Kobach joins amicus brief defending athletic participation based on biological sex(The Center Square) â Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is among 22 state attorneys general who want girlsâ sports to be for biological females only. Kobach was part… Read More
Legislation
Kansas House committee approves ESA school choice bill(The Sentinel) â The Kansas House of Representatives K-12 Education Budget Committee heard testimony earlier this week on House Bill 2218, which would eventually provide an education savings account (ESA) for… Read More
Public Education
Kansas Board of Regents may drop algebra as a college graduation requirement(The Sentinel) â One out of three college students in Kansas fails algebra, the vice president for academic affairs for the Kansas Board of Regents disclosed to the board at… Read More
Culture, Homeschools
Hundreds of homeschool moms enjoy R & R at KC-area ‘Encouragement Day’Homeschool moms took a day away from home to meet and support one another at a Kansas City church on Saturday. Organizers of the Womenâs Encouragement… Read More
Public Education
Credit for class attendance requires just 10 minutes in this Kansas school district(The Sentinel) â Wichita Public Schools, USD 259, have declined to answer questions about an attendance policy which â theoretically â would allow students to miss the majority of a… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas state school board member Ann Mah chooses systems over students in school choice debate(The Sentinel) â When school officials talk about education in general or school choice in particular, their focus is almost exclusively on what is best for the school system; student… Read More
Legislation
Kansas Gov. Kelly: School choice for my kids but not yours(The Sentinel) â Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is staunchly opposed to school choice, except for her own children. Alumni newsletters show Kelly and her husband, Dr. Ted Daughety, could… Read More
Christian Schools, Public Education
Kansas legislature considers bill to modify sports competition between public and private schools(The Sentinel) â Last year, the Kansas State High School Athletics Association â which governs all high school sports in Kansas â adopted new rules intended to level competition between… Read More
Legislation
Students join in the call for school choice at the Kansas capitol(The Sentinel) â It was standing â and sitting on the floor â room-only, as some 200 students and educators from as far away as Wichita joined advocates in urging… Read More
Public Education
Study: Low achievement and teacher pay despite school funding increase in Kansas(The Sentinel) â A report on education spending and student achievement covering the last three decades in Kansas shows that many students have been academically left behind despite large, inflation-adjusted… Read More
Public Education
Interstate compact could bring out-of-state teachers to fill Kansas vacancies, state board hesitates(The Sentinel) â An interstate compact that would recognize teacher licenses from other states and alleviate the classroom instructor shortage is stalled in the Kansas State Board of Education. Read More
Public Education
Kansas school districtâs student achievement deception is all too typical(The Sentinel) â Frustrated with district officialsâ refusal to acknowledge a student achievement crisis, a group of Rose Hill parents mailed a postcard to residents showing the tragic truth â… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas school district dodges questions about taxes ahead of huge bond issue(The Sentinel) â School districts routinely ask voters to approve hundreds of millions in new bond issue debt with the promise that it wonât cost them anything. But there is… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas Department of Education takes ‘another lap on the grade inflation tour’(The Sentinel) â The Kansas Department of Education conducted a fifty-city âKansans Can Success Tourâ in 2021 that felt like high school pep rallies, with the announcement of record-setting… Read More
Homeschools
Homeschool Capitol Days planned for Kansas, MissouriHomeschool associations in Kansas and Missouri are preparing for a day at the state capitol where families can meet lawmakers and celebrate their educational freedoms. The Christian Home… Read More
Christian Schools
While students flee public universities, Christian schools are only getting bigger(Daily Caller) â Christian colleges and universities are seeing an increase in enrollment despite the national enrollment rate of college students being on a decline, higher education experts told the… Read More
Christian Schools
Wichita private school, one of 8 finalists for Yass Prize, awarded $500,000(The Sentinel) â A private school in Wichita, Kansas, which primarily serves African American students, was recently awarded $500,000 as one of the finalists for the prestigious Yass Prize. Read More