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. 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… 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… 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. 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More
Opinion
‘You better have a damn good reason’: Astonishing police raid on small Kansas newspaper sends First Amendment chill across nationI asked a different newspaper publisher what he thought of the already-infamous law enforcement raid on the small-town Marion County Record in central Kansas on Friday. Is it as… Read More
Opinion
Homeschool, private school students begin applying to play public school sports in Kansas(The Sentinel) – Applications for non-public school students to participate in public school activities began on Aug. 1 and so far, concerns schools would face a flood of homeschool… Read More
Culture
KU professor falsely claims Indian descent, says Chief of Shawnee Tribe(The Sentinel) – A University of Kansas professor who claims to be of Indian descent is falsifying his ancestry, according to Shawnee Tribe Chief Ben Barnes. KU… Read More
Kansas
Audit finds rampant cybersecurity issues at Kansas agencies(The Sentinel) — More than two years after Kansas became the No. 1 state for unemployment fraud in the nation, a new IT audit finds massive security issues… Read More
Culture
BCBS Kansas hides Pride Parade participation from policyholders(The Sentinel) – Blue Cross/Blue Shield Kansas (BCBSKS), headquartered in Topeka, will not answer questions about the company’s role in the Pride Parade held in June in the capital… Read More
Education, Uncategorized
Kansas State Board of Education subject of scathing report on at-risk student spending(The Sentinel) – A new report from the Kansas Division of Legislative Post Audit paints a damning picture of mismanagement and misuse of funding for “At Risk” students. Read More
Education
Phones in classrooms? This Kansas district says no(The Heartlander) — The Great Bend Board of Education approved a measure that would ban the use of cell phones in classrooms of its Kansas high school by a… Read More
Public Education
Local Kansas school board member says shady attempt to alter ethics policy was behind his loss of temper(The Sentinel) – Disagreement over an attempt to remove conflict of interest language from district ethics policy prompted an Olathe, Kansas Board of Education member to storm out of… Read More
Public Education
Evidence-Based Grading: Another attempt to obscure poor performance?(The Sentinel) – The Shawnee Mission School District near Kansas City will unveil the concept of “Evidence-Based Grading” (EBG) in the upcoming school year, fueling the conversation about how… Read More
Courts
SCOTUS decision will have little effect on Kansas college admissions(The Sentinel) – A Supreme Court decision in late June will have little effect on college admissions in Kansas according to the Kansas Board of Regents. On June… Read More
Government
ACLU, Kansas 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… Read More
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… Read More