Education, Kansas
Olathe parent taken aback by school board member Julie Steele, who suggests those critical of DEI leave Kansas(The Sentinel) — Olathe school board member Julie Steele answered a critic of the district’s progressive policies including Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) by recommending the… Read More
Kansas, Taxes
Kansas superintendent published false claims in ad pushing a 12% tax hike(The Sentinel) — Unified School District 469 Lansing last week published on its website an advertisement titled “Revenue Neutral Rate Explained” designed to encourage support for a double-digit property… Read More
Education, Kansas
Many Kansas universities still don’t teach the science of readingA 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… Read More
Education, Kansas
Homeschool students allowed to participate in public school activities next year in Kansas(The Sentinel) — 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
Kansas, Taxes
Nebraska cuts income tax rates, leaving Kansas the highest in the region(The Sentinel) — The tax motto in Kansas — "we aren’t as bad as Nebraska" — no longer applies, now that Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen has signed sweeping tax… Read More
Energy, Kansas
Kansas utilities regulator ignores landowners, grants route for power lines to take electricity out of stateIn a 2-1 vote earlier this week, the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) — which regulates public utilities in the state of Kansas — approved a “Siting Application” for a 94-mile … Read More
Kansas
Education officials sit atop the Kansas public retirees ‘millionaires’ listData provided by the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System shows Kansas has 3,778 KPERS “millionaires” – state and local government retirees who will collect at least $1 million in pension… Read More
Kansas, Taxes
KS Governor Laura Kelly vetoes tax relief worth $244 million; legislature not around to override(The Sentinel) — As if taking away $1.4 billion in tax relief from Kansans wasn’t bad enough, Governor Laura Kelly Friday vetoed Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), which… Read More
Kansas
Kansas Ed. Dept. and other agencies fail to fully implement multiple audit recommendations(The Sentinel) – Several state agencies have failed to fully implement recommendations made by auditors over the last several years. According to a report from the Sunflower State Journal, … Read More
Kansas, Race
Did Johnson County cancel an employee race training session to stop a commissioner from videoing it for the public to see?Charlotte O’Hara can empathize with a Kansas City-area teacher’s frustrations with “woke” training of public employees on matters of race. O’Hara,… Read More
DEI, Kansas
Texts appear to show collusion between Johnson County official, Gault Center staff to prevent transparency on race training(The Sentinel) — A series of text messages buried at the bottom of a 618 page document dump appear to show direct collusion between a Johnson County official and… Read More
Education, Kansas
Arkansas teachers freed from compulsory union membership; what about Kansas?(The Sentinel) — Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders recently signed into law the “Teacher Paycheck Protection” bill removing union membership as a condition of employment for that state’s teachers. Read More
Education, Kansas
University of Kansas School of Medicine partners with California school to promote far-left anti-racism program(Do No Harm) – The KU Medical Center (KUMC) at the University of Kansas School of Medicine (KUSOM) has teamed up with UC San Francisco (UCSF) in a program that… Read More
Gender, Kansas
‘Middle of the Road’ Gov. Kelly vetoes bills that protect women and children(The Sentinel) — If there was ever any doubt about Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly being “middle of the road” as she claimed in campaign ads, she put that to rest… Read More
Education, Kansas
Microschools continue to gain traction in Kansas. Here’s what they are and do(The Sentinel) — Microschools, which provide opportunities for enterprising teachers and parents to find alternatives to the public school system, are gaining traction across the country — and indeed, even… Read More
Kansas, Uncategorized
Kansas joins lawsuit against listing prairie chicken as ‘threatened’; real threat may be to ranchers, oil producers(The Sentinel) — Attempts by the federal government to list the lesser prairie chicken — a type of grouse — as “threatened” under the endangered species act are nothing new,… Read More
Education, Kansas
School board members can actually be hampered from doing their jobs by an entrenched education establishment. This new organization is here to helpImagine winning a school board seat in order to make a difference in education, only to find out the system doesn’t appear to want you to. That’s the position untold… Read More
Gender Identity, Kansas
At least 3 Kansas school districts hide students’ transgender status from parents(The Sentinel) – Over 160 school districts nationwide, including three in Kansas , have policies to keep students’ transgender status a secret from their parents. That's according to a… Read More
Education, Kansas
Kansas House sends school choice reform bill to governor’s desk(The Heartlander) — The Kansas House narrowly approved a bill to create scholarship accounts for students who want to find alternatives to the failing public education system. “The fact that… Read More
DEI, Kansas
Kansas DEI administrator resigns to focus on his diversity business(The Sentinel) – Shawnee Mission School District has announced that Dr. Tyrone Bates Jr. is resigning effective at the end of this school year, after four years as the district’s… Read More