Gender, Kansas
ACLU, teachers’ union tell schools to ignore Women’s Bill of Rights law(The Sentinel) — Just days before the “Women’s Bill of Rights” law goes into effect on July 1, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Kansas National Education Association (KNEA)… Read More
Agriculture
Goats take over brush-hogging duties, earning admirers, at Wichita parkWICHITA, Ks. – A herd of hungry goats has taken over brush-hogging duties at an overgrown city park in Wichita. Sim Park sits inside a sandy area, making it difficult… Read More
Census, Kansas
U.S. Census data details Kansas population loss(The Sentinel) — Seventy-eight Kansas counties lost population between 2020 and 2022, with the remaining 27 posting gains, according to demographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Sunflower State’s… Read More
Public Education
Kansas district used $4 million extra at-risk state aid to boost SPED cash reserves(The Sentinel) – The Kansas Legislature provides over $500 million of at-risk funding to deliver services to students at risk of academic failure.[i] According to a 2019 state audit,… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Indoctrination nation: Missouri has moved to protect the youngest of children from age-inappropriate library books. Why won’t Kansas?Missouri has taken steps to protect its children from libidinous library books. Kansas obviously hasn’t. Why in the world not? Last week The Heartlander found a talking children’s book in… Read More
Education, Kansas
Leavenworth school district won’t remove false claims about academic progress(The Sentinel) — Glowing, but incorrect posts about academic progress at USD 453 Leavenworth have appeared on the school’s Facebook page, but apparently no one in leadership in the district… Read More
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
Opinion
Kansas ed officials deceive school districts on efficiency and achievement(The Sentinel) – Imagine 100 students take a test where Johnnie gets a C and only four students had higher grades. That puts Johnnie in the 95th percentile relative to… Read More
Public Education
Amid literacy crisis, many universities still don’t teach the science of reading(The Sentinel) – A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) shows that if the science of reading was being taught properly in universities, the… 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 literacy problem. Nationally, the… Read More
Public Education
Homeschool students allowed to participate in public school activities next year(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
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 is… 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
Public Education
Kansas school district dodges questions about transgender policy(The Sentinel) – The Shawnee Mission School District has declined to answer questions about its “Transgender Practices & FAQ,” a document obtained by the Sentinel as part of an open… Read More
Public Education
School board member tells parent to move out of Kansas if he doesn’t like DEI, SELIn a Facebook exchange, Olathe Board of Education (OBOE) member Julie Steele told a father to move to another state if he doesn’t like the progressive policies of the current… Read More
COVID-19
Kansas schools received $1.25 billion in COVID relief funds(The Sentinel) — The amount of money Congress borrowed to give away in the name of COVID relief was mind-boggling. Eventually, $190 billion was appropriated by Congress and signed into… Read More
Public Education
Utah school district removes Bible from elementary and middle schools following complaintA Utah school district is removing the Bible from elementary and middle school libraries after receiving a complaint from a parent about its contents. It follows the passage of… Read More
Public Education
Education officials top the 2022 Kansas public retirees ‘millionaires’ list(The Sentinel) – Data 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… Read More
Culture
Records request backs up Kansas teacher’s complaints about DEI(The Sentinel) – The results of a Kansas Open Records Act request to the Shawnee Mission School District back up several of the claims made by Shawnee Mission North… Read More
Public Education
The science of reading is the solution to state, nation’s literacy problem(The Sentinel) – Thirty-four percent of fourth-grade students in the United States cannot read at the basic level, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. It may not… Read More