Legislature

Kansas law would require civics exams in schools, lessons on dangers of communism

A proposed Kansas law requiring a civics test to graduate high school awaits a final verdict from the House later this week. Middle and high school students in public, private… Read More

Education

Hard-hitting Kansas bill would publicly track school staff guilty of professional, criminal misconduct

A bold Kansas bill would create an education inspector general and require schools to report teacher misconduct and those responsible for the misdeeds to be listed on a statewide… Read More

Education, Kansas

Some Kansas schools support open enrollment law, others seem hostile

(The Sentinel) – The  bipartisan   Open Enrollment  legislation signed into law in 2022 offered hope for students who are trapped by their zip code… Read More

Education, Kansas

Kansas Blueprint for Literacy requires ‘science of reading’ in comprehensive education reform

(The Sentinel) – Using the  science of reading  to teach literacy will soon be required in Kansas schools — and to train new educators in Kansas teacher’s college programs. Read More

State Government

Report: Kansas could use accreditation threat to force schools to eliminate Native American mascots

Some are so eager to rid Kansas schools of Indian mascots that they’re floating the threat of tying it to accreditation. An advisory group to the Kansas State Board of… Read More