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David Hicks

David Hicks writes for The Sentinel, a publication focusing on news and issues in the state of Kansas.

Education, Kansas
Parent cites Leavenworth High School for lack of transparency, accountability

(The Sentinel) — What began last year as concern over content in an English Language Arts class has repeated itself this school year and resulted in a Leavenworth High School parent… Read More

February 20, 2023
Gender Identity
District officials silent on gender-transitioning ‘Julian is a Mermaid’ being read to kindergartners in Kansas City, Kansas

(The Sentinel) — A Kansas City, Kansas, USD 500 kindergarten teacher proudly, but anonymously, posted on a social media page about having read the book Julian is a Mermaid to… Read More

February 17, 2023
Kansas, Uncategorized
Kansas Board of Regents may drop algebra as a college graduation requirement

(The Sentinel) – 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

February 8, 2023
Education
Kansas parent wins fight against school’s ‘social justice’ curriculum

Kirsten Workman, the Lansing mom who  withdrew her 12th-grade daughter from an English Composition class  over content she found objectionable and mounted a curriculum challenge to the material offered… Read More

January 31, 2023
School Choice
Students join in the call for school choice at the Kansas capitol

(The Sentinel) — It was standing — and sitting on the floor –room-only, as some 200 students and educators from as far away as Wichita joined advocates in urging legislators… Read More

January 30, 2023