Public Education
School districts in Kansas alone sit on $1.25 billion in operating cash reserves(The Sentinel) – New data from the Kansas Department of Education show school districts collectively added $68 million to their operating cash reserves in the last school year, bringing… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school district targeted by US Dept. of Ed. for possible antisemitism(The Sentinel) – Kansas’ Maize USD 266 has been advised by the federal Department of Education’s (DOE) Office for Civil Rights that it is among seven institutions… Read More
Kansas City, Taxes
Residents in KC suburb learn clerical error saves them $1 million in property tax(The Sentinel) — Residents in the Kansas City suburb of Merriam recently received a postcard informing them of a “clerical error” that will reduce property tax… Read More
Public Education
Kansas superintendent uses property tax deception to oppose open enrollment(The Sentinel) – Comments made at the Lansing, Kansas school board meeting on Nov. 13 exposed a consciously false claim and several school funding deceptions by USD 469 Superintendent… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school board event attracts experts discussing ways to improve student achievement(The Sentinel) – With the theme of Improving Student Achievement by Changing Adult Behaviors, the Kansas School Board Resource Center (KSBRC) brought education experts from Kansas and nationwide to Wichita for… Read More
Education, Kansas
Kansas among the states using weak teacher licensure test for reading(The Sentinel) — A new study by the National Council on Teacher Quality is casting doubts on the teacher licensure tests in many states — including… Read More
Culture
Kansas Inspector General report pushes for background checks on teachers, staff(The Sentinel) – A recent audit by the Medicaid Inspector General of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s management of School-Based Fee For Service… Read More
Courts
Missouri, Idaho and Kansas suing FDA for its rules on abortion-inducing pills, including drugs by mail(The Center Square) – Missouri, Idaho and Kansas filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requesting a rollback… Read More
Courts
Kansas resident removed from board meeting wins First Amendment case against school board member(The Sentinel) – In a victory for free speech rights, a federal jury recently sided with Olathe resident Jennifer Gilmore who was removed from an Olathe Board of Education… Read More
Elections, Kansas
Historic gains in parents’ rights are at risk in these Kansas school board elections on TuesdayHard-won, even historic, gains for parents’ rights are at risk in Tuesday’s Nov. 7 elections in the Lansing, Kansas, school district, warns a school board member there. The… Read More
Opinion
Kansas school board candidates get an F for honesty(The Sentinel) – The A+ Team, a slate of four candidates for the Blue Valley school board, posted a social media ad claiming that 86% of USD… Read More
Courts
Judge blocks abortion notification requirements in Kansas(The Sentinel) – A Kansas court has temporarily blocked a long-standing abortion law called the “Women’s Right to Know Act.” On Oct. 30, Johnson County District Court Judge… Read More
Public Education
Health textbook with explicit sexual content pulled from Kansas district(The Sentinel) – A “health” textbook describing everything from anal sex to “rational suicide” and presenting ideas such as the “gender spectrum” as fact was heavily questioned at the… Read More
Opinion
Just spending more won’t improve student achievement in Kansas(The Sentinel) – Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is touting recent slight increases in state assessments as proof that more spending results in improved student achievement. But a state audit… Read More
Public Education
State’s ‘Star Awards’ reward processes, but cover up declining outcomes(The Sentinel) – The Kansas Department of Education’s Star Awards program is another means of covering up low achievement and helping school districts deceive parents. Read More
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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More