Opinion, Public Education
Kansas publication aids and abets student achievement cover-up(The Sentinel) – It’s bad enough that there are more high school students below grade level in Kansas than are proficient. But media aiding and abetting education officials’ cover-up… Read More
State Government
Kansas House candidate Mike Thompson – not the one you think – is a new voice of experience for Wyandotte CountyKansas House candidate Mike Thompson has done more things in his life than Forrest Gump. Gas pumper. Railroad man. Shipyard man. Sailor. Navy Seal. Army chaplain. Hospital chaplain. Welder. Read More
Pro-Life
Pro-life organizers explain Kansas’ misunderstood abortion amendment, plead for truthful reporting on itKansas gave Donald Trump around 57% of its votes in both 2016 and 2020. Yet, barring approval of a constitutional amendment Aug. 2, it could become one of the… Read More
Pro-Life
Kansas pro-lifers fighting vandals, thieves, misinformation to restore abortion regulation authority to lawmakers Aug. 2Kansas is suddenly ground zero in the abortion fight, and there’s a ground war to prove it: Supporters of the Aug. 2 amendment to allow regulation of abortion say… Read More
Pro-Life
Attack on GOP office in Kansas widens the Left’s war on conservatives after RoeA brazen vandalism of a Republican headquarters in the heart of Kansas may signal a widening war against conservatives after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. In two… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Kansas’ ‘Value Them Both’ amendment allows regulations but doesn’t ban abortions as opponents imply(The Sentinel) – Kansans will vote on a constitutional amendment known as Value Them Both on August 2 to determine whether there should be any regulation on abortion.Opponents… Read More
Education
Educational inequality creates economic inequality in Kansas(The Sentinel) – Kansas ranks in the bottom half of states in educational equality, which an economist says is directly related to the state having severe economic inequality.As the Sentinel … Read More
Culture, Public Education
National panel lays bare the radical race and sex agenda in America’s schools, offers solutionsAs a rapt audience listened to a panel of experts explain the damage being done to schoolkids by radical far-left ideologies on race and gender, a lonely cry for… Read More
Culture, Public Education
A Kansas school board implements a Parents Bill of Rights(The Sentinel) – On June 13, 2022, the Lansing, Kansas,Board of Education did what the Kansas Legislature was unable to do, passing a Parents Bill of Rights.The small… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas is #32 in educational ‘racial equality,’ belying officials’ ‘anti-racism’ claims(The Sentinel) – Kansas is the 32nd-worst state in the nation for racial equality, showing once again school officials’ alleged devotion to ending racism and discrimination is merely cover for… Read More
National, State Government
Former Kansas woman with desire to attack the U.S. pleads guilty to being leader of an all-female ISIS terrorist unitA former Kansas woman accused of training an all-female battalion of ISIS terrorists in Syria faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday.Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42,… Read More
Public Education
Kansas mom spearheads petition for right to speak at public meetings(The Sentinel) – An online petition is proposing to amend the Kansas Open Meetings Act to require all meetings of public bodies and agencies, particularly school boards, to allow… Read More
Public Education
Parents raise concerns about Kansas middle school theatre teacher(The Sentinel) – Controversy swirled around Basehor-Linwood Middle School Reading/Theatre instructor Sarah Homan at the school year’s end, as several parents with children under her instruction voiced criticisms of… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Graduation task force ignores the low-achievement elephant in the room(The Sentinel) – Faced with an enormous student achievement problem, the Kansas State Board of Education is taking the very predictable bureaucratic approach of creating a graduation requirements… Read More
Government
Open Enrollment, other education reforms signed into law by Kansas governor(The Sentinel) – Beginning in 2024, open enrollment will permit any Kansas student to transfer schools, based on the receiving school’s capacity, following Governor Laura Kelly’s signing into law… Read More
Public Education
County prosecutor won’t take election bribery case against superintendent(The Sentinel) – The Ellis County Attorney’s decision to not prosecute election bribery signals that the trend of picking and choosing which crimes to prosecute is no longer confined… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Taxpayer exposes Olathe school board president’s bullying, misinformation tactics(The Sentinel) – The Olathe school district says it won’t tolerate bullying and harmful behavior, which should also apply to school board members. But school board president Joe… Read More
State Government
‘In God We Trust’ decals OK to go back on police vehicles, after Haven City Council reversalThe people have spoken. What’s more, they have been heard. For now. After voting to strip “In God We Trust” decals off the city’s police cars, the… Read More
Public Education
NCTQ: Teacher training in Kansas lacks math commitment(The Sentinel) – A nationwide study of 1,100 elementary teacher training programs, including 16 in Kansas, shows more than 20% fail to provide adequate instruction in math. The numbers… Read More
Public Education
Olathe rewards superintendent Yeager for DEI, not academic improvement(The Sentinel) – USD 233 Olathe Superintendent Dr. Brent Yeager can earn a $25,000 annual bonus for implementing the school board’s diversity and other objectives, but not for improving… Read More