Opinion
New Kansas org claims to be moderate but wants to protect education status quo(The Sentinel) – Declaring that rural communities in Kansas are threatened by school choice advocates, a group of former legislators have founded Kansans First, dedicated to finding a “middle… Read More
Government
Education bureaucracy pushing the status quo in hearings(The Sentinel) – Legislative hearings over this and last week are focusing on how to improve outcomes in Kansas education, perhaps unsurprisingly, the education bureaucracy is arguing for the… Read More
Opinion
Recommendations to improve achievement by changing adult behaviors(The Sentinel) – Testimony submitted this week to the Kansas Special Committee on Education crystalized three unfortunate realities: (1) student achievement is low and has been trending down for many… Read More
Public Education
Kansas high school construction project, restrooms stir controversy(The Sentinel) – Ground is set to be broken at the new Hays, Kansas High School soon, and it is unclear if the USD 489 Board of Education has even… Read More
Homeschools
Kansans show micro schools and hybrids offer innovations in learning(The Sentinel) – Micro schools are the reimagining of the one-room schoolhouse, where class sizes are usually fewer than 15 students of varying ages, and the schedule and curriculum is… Read More
Elections, Kansas
Nagging, unanswered doubts about Johnson County’s and Kansas’ election security to be aired at special legislative hearingThad Snider is a citizen sleuth who, you can tell by listening to, is no slouch. Yet, no one in officialdom will listen to him as he claims… Read More
Public Education
‘Diplomas are more like attendance certificates.’ Kansas K-12 academic achievement is plummeting despite higher graduation ratesDespite a significant decrease in attendance, declining test scores and worsening college readiness, Kansas schools are simultaneously experiencing a rise in graduation rates. How can this be? “Let’s put it… Read More
Courts
Some Kansas districts still paying millions to legal group to sue the state and monitor funds won(The Sentinel) – More than four years after the Kansas Supreme Court compelled school funding to be increased by more than $1 billion, 32 school districts in the state are… Read More
Culture
Johnson County, Kansas libraries to provide feminine hygiene products in men’s restrooms(The Sentinel) – Johnson County libraries in Kansas will soon provide tampons and other feminine hygiene products in the men’s restrooms. Male visitors to the various Johnson County Library… Read More
Public Education
Kansas schools continue to see a decrease in attendance three years post-pandemicThree years since the pandemic caused public schools to resort to online learning, Kansas schools are continuing to see a decrease in attendance. More than one in four Kansas… Read More
Public Education
Kansas state school board member misrepresents SEL position(The Sentinel) – At the August board meeting, Kansas state school board member Ann Mah misrepresented a social-emotional learning (SEL) statement she attributed to Stand Together. Mah claimed… Read More
Opinion
Kansas superintendent covers up poor student achievement at event(The Sentinel) – USD 259 Superintendent Kelly Bielefeld spoke to the Wichita Pachyderm Club recently, and like his predecessors, he went out of his way to hide poor student achievement for the… Read More
Public Education
Missouri, Kansas rank No. 1 and No. 2 in this alarming school sex assault category, while Biden admin focuses on ‘gender discrimination’ insteadStatistics released by the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) Civil Rights Data Collection unit shows Missouri schools rank first in rapes and attempted rapes, behind Kansas and Massachusetts. “Comparatively, the… Read More
Kansas
Kansas loses private sector jobs while adding government jobs(The Sentinel) — Through the first seven months of 2023, seasonally adjusted numbers show Kansas has lost 2,700 private-sector jobs, while adding about 5,000 government jobs. According to numbers from the … Read More
Education, Kansas
Kansas City-area school district must pay $400K to family in special education dispute(The Sentinel) — A federal court in Kansas ordered the Shawnee Mission School District (SMSD) to pay a Westwood family $400,000 for legal fees following three years’ litigation over… Read More
Homeschools
Kansas legislators encourage homeschoolers’ participation: ‘You know your child best’Four legislators from the Kansas House and Senate urged homeschool families to get more involved in the state’s educational policies, even inviting them to testify at legislative committees. “Legislation… Read More
Public Education
Ethics Commission: No conflict of interest if school board member also works for teachers’ union(The Sentinel) – Shawnee Heights School Board Member Lauren Tice Miller’s additional responsibility as Director of Legislative and Political Advocacy for the Kansas Chapter of the National Education Association… Read More
Opinion
School choice supporter, former Dem Mesha Mainor refuses to use the poor and minorities for political gain(The Sentinel) – Hypocrisy: claiming to have beliefs to which one’s behavior does not conform – has long been a defining characteristic of many politicians. But a few brave souls… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school districts lawyer up after one district closes academic center, sending more than 100 students to other schools(The Sentinel) – The Wetmore Academic Center (WAC) buildings are vacant as its former students prepare to return to classes elsewhere this fall, but there is plenty of activity in… Read More
Opinion
Kansas legal battle gets to the heart of how transgenderism aims to redefine reality(The Daily Signal) – In the lead-up to the Civil War, pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers rushed to Kansas to determine whether the Sunflower State would enshrine… Read More