Christian Schools
This week in Christian education (Dec. 26-30)New Christian school opening in Kentucky â Co-directors Charlotte Burton and Carrie Oliver announced the opening of Highlands Latin School Owensboro. The non-denominational, faith-based school will open in 2023 and… Read More
Public Education
Residents in this Kansas school district question curriculum, content in dual credit courses(The Sentinel) â Taxpayers in the Rose Hill USD 394 school district voiced concerns at a recent school board meeting about curriculum content in a âdual creditâ course offered to… Read More
Public Education
Oregon teachers quit union, Kansas teachers need legislative relief(The Sentinel) â Oregon school districts added about 2,100 teachers in the last school year, but union membership in the Oregon Education Association (OEA) dropped by almost 500. Jason Dudash,… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school district to close a school for financial windfall(The Sentinel) – The Prairie Hills School Board meets December 12th to consider closing the Wetmore Academic Center, and is expected to schedule a future vote on the controversial proposal,… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Cross-dressing book for pre-K students crossed the line: Kansas City school district changes book-approval system after Lion storyA school district that gave preschoolers a book on cross-dressing has changed its procedures for giving out books after news of the incident surfaced last week. Read More
Public Education
KS Supreme Court Justice Caleb Stegall resigns KU teaching position over university’s free speech failures(The Sentinel) â Just over a month after an associate dean at the University of Kansas School of Law labeled a speech that had yet to be given âhate speech,â… Read More
Public Education
Large Kansas school district focuses on equity audit, DEI while achievement plummets(The Sentinel) â Student achievement is precipitously dropping in Olathe USD 233, but district administration and the board majority seem more concerned about an equity audit and pushing the tenets… Read More
Public Education
Kansas special education funding exceeded expenditures, contrary to claims of school funding advocates(The Sentinel) â School funding advocates met at the Capitol in Topeka recently to make the case that special education in Kansas is underfunded. But other testimony presented shows the… Read More
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