Opinion, Public Education
Kansas Department of Education takes ‘another lap on the grade inflation tour’(The Sentinel) – The Kansas Department of Education conducted a fifty-city “Kansans Can Success Tour” in 2021 that felt like high school pep rallies, with the announcement of… Read More
Education
Kansas school official’s wife was paid $41,000 in overtime(The Sentinel) – Last week, the Sentinel reported that Beth Schutte, a school nurse in USD 261 Haysville, was paid $126,000 last year. The district didn’t respond to our inquiries before… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school nurse married to district official made $126,000 last year(The Sentinel) – A school nurse in USD 261 Haysville was the fifth-highest-paid employee in the district last year, paid over $126,000. That is more than 50% above the… Read More
Public Education
2022 pay increases for some school administrators dwarf teacher pay in Kansas(The Sentinel) – The average teacher pay increased by 4.3% (contracted base salary) in the 2022 school year, but some administrators received much larger increases.Wichita Superintendent Alicia Thompson… Read More
Public Education
Kansans give the public school system a ‘C’; biggest concern is ‘indoctrination’(The Sentinel) – Not quite a year ago, Kansans gave the public school system in their district a pre-pandemic grade of ‘B’ (GPA 2.8) in a statewide public… Read More