Public Education
Kansas among states lagging in civics instruction(The Sentinel) – Mar. 6-10 is designated as National Civic Learning Week. But a 50-state survey of curriculum and legislative initiatives shows Kansas lagging behind in dedication to teaching civics, defined… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Kansas school district: honoring parents’ wishes on student pronouns is discriminatory(The Sentinel) – The Wichita School district is declining to answer questions about a teacher training that says it is “discriminatory” for teachers to honor parents’ wishes regarding their… Read More
Culture
Walgreens says it won’t sell abortion pills in nearly 20 red statesWalgreens announced that it won’t sell abortion pills in states where it is banned or where the legality of the pills remains in question.The decision comes after nearly two… Read More
Public Education
School board rushes special meeting for policy change to clear wrestler for tournament. Did it violate the Kansas Open Meetings Act?(The Sentinel) – The Newton USD 373 Board of Education appears to have violated the Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA) during a special meeting called on Feb. 22, 2023. Read More
Education, Kansas
Kansas school district pressures teachers to use gender pronouns with warning: ‘could lead to death’(The Heartlander) — A Kansas school district is telling teachers that misgendering students “could lead to death.” A Freedom of Information Act request from Parents Defending Education (PDE) revealed… Read More
Government, Opinion
McClatchy, Iorio collude to keep kids uneducated(The Sentinel) – One-third of public school students in Kansas cannot read or do math at grade level, and the McClatchy newspapers and columnist Sharon Hartin Iorio seem determined… Read More
Culture
Kansas Senate passes bill on tax credits for pregnancy center donationsA bill that would establish 70% tax credits for donations to pregnancy centers was passed in the Kansas Senate last week.SB 96 stipulates that in order to be… Read More
Culture
‘Not moving backwards’: More red states join push to bar men from competing in women’s sports(Daily Caller) – Several red states are joining the push to bar men from competing on the same sports team as women in both K-12 school districts and college… Read More
Government
School Board Member Free Speech and Transparency Act gets hearing in Kansas(The Sentinel) – HB 2382, the School District Board of Education Member Free Speech and Transparency Act, was introduced at a hearing before the Kansas House Education Budget Committee.The … Read More
Education, Kansas
Kansas school superintendent allegedly misused federal funds, audit finds(The Sentinel) — A yearly audit of the Morris County Unified School District 417 found significant problems within the district — particularly in the handling of COVID relief funds.Morris County… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Kansas district officials silent on gender-transitioning book being read to kindergartners(The Sentinel) – A Kansas City, Kansas, USD 500 kindergarten teacher proudly, but anonymously, posted on a social media page that they had read the bookJulian is a… Read More
Education, Kansas, Opinion
Kansas education commissioner claims ‘proficient’ is a made-up term(The Sentinel) – Kansas education commissioner Randy Watson last week told the State Board of Education that “proficient is a made-up term that the federal government makes us define.”… Read More
Education, Kansas
Parent cites Leavenworth High School for lack of transparency, accountability(The Sentinel) — What began last year as concern over content in an English Language Arts class has repeated itself this school year and resulted in a Leavenworth High School… Read More
Culture
Kris Kobach joins amicus brief defending athletic participation based on biological sex(The Center Square) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is among 22 state attorneys general who want girls’ sports to be for biological females only. Kobach… Read More
Kansas, Taxes
Bill before Kansas Legislature would exempt Social Security payments from state income taxA bill recently passed out of the Kansas Senate Tax Committee would be a significant boon to retirees on a fixed income. Senate Bill 33, the first… Read More
Education
Wichita district: credit for class attendance requires just last 10 minutes(The Sentinel) — Wichita Public Schools Unified School District 259 has declined to answer questions about an attendance policy which — theoretically — would allow students to miss the… Read More
Culture, Homeschools
Hundreds of homeschool moms enjoy R & R at KC-area ‘Encouragement Day’Homeschool moms took a day away from home to meet and support one another at a Kansas City church on Saturday.Organizers of the Women’s Encouragement Day estimated… Read More
Public Education
Credit for class attendance requires just 10 minutes in this Kansas school district(The Sentinel) – Wichita Public Schools, USD 259, have declined to answer questions about an attendance policy which — theoretically — would allow students to miss the majority of… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas state school board member Ann Mah chooses systems over students in school choice debate(The Sentinel) – When school officials talk about education in general or school choice in particular, their focus is almost exclusively on what is best for the school system;… Read More
Government
Kansas Gov. Kelly: School choice for my kids but not yours(The Sentinel) – Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is staunchly opposed to school choice, except for her own children. Alumni newsletters show Kelly and her husband, Dr. Ted Daughety,… Read More