Author: Patrick Richardson
A culture emphasizing academic improvement drives scores higher in USD 329 Wabaunsee
Optimism, determination, accountability, respect. Those are integral elements of the culture at the Wabaunsee school district, and it shows in…
Panel discussion to explore achievement gains in Wabaunsee school district
The Wabaunsee school district has consistently outperformed surrounding districts and the state average on math and reading state assessments tests…
Candidate invitation to speak at Derby school may be election law violation
A Derby High School instructor potentially ran afoul of state election law last week when she invited the Democrat challenger…
Rose Hill students taught there are five genders in dual credit college course
A Rose Hill high school student who has been taking concurrent (sometimes called “dual credit”) courses at Butler County Community…
KU Law school says ADF discussion of the First Amendment is ‘hate speech’
Last week the University of Kansas student chapter of the Federalist Society invited Jordan Lorence, the senior counsel and director…
Cato Institute files suit against student loan forgiveness program in Kansas federal court
On Monday, the Biden Administration formally launched its controversial student loan forgiveness program, which has already launched a raft of…
Goddard, Wichita, and Blue Valley address learning loss
In the wake of the release of an online calculator by Georgetown University that estimates the number of weeks of…
Nurse practitioner fired over religious exemption for birth control files lawsuit
A Kansas nurse practitioner says she was fired because of her faith — despite having had a religious exemption for…
4-H ‘Thriving Model’ is grounded in equity, CRT, and Marxism
In the spring of 2013, 4-H launched a nationwide program of youth development called the “Thriving Model,” which appears grounded…
Georgetown University estimates COVID learning loss by district
Parents have been all too aware for the last few years that the effects of school lockdowns led to significant…
Fed up with 4-H focus on DEI, local group forms an alternative
One family in Southeast Kansas took a hard look at what was happening in the 4-H program they’d been a…
Months after initial report, straight answers missing on cybersecurity at KDOL
The formal release earlier this month of a supplemental report to a forensic cybersecurity audit of the Kansas unemployment system,…
Manchin electric grid takeover mirrored by KCC
Even before Senator Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) was proposing a bill that would have essentially nationalized energy transmission in the…
Institute for Justice report cites abuses of civil asset forfeiture
The case of Richard Martinez, whose classic 1959 Corvette was seized by the Kansas Highway Patrol — which then spent…
Trust Kansas Coalition files open meetings complaint against Gov. Kelly
A public-interest group in Kansas is accusing Governor Laura Kelly and her administration of violating the Kansas Open Meetings Act.…
Kansas residents to see spike in natural gas bills
Kansas residents over the last few months have seen a massive spike in electric rates — and will shortly be…
Evergy ordered to explain capital expenses — in public
Questions about capital spending by Evergy — Kansas’ largest electric utility — came to a head Thursday as the Kansas…
Kelly administration refuses to answer questions about ice cream social
Governor Laura Kelly’s office has declined to answer questions about an “Employee Appreciation Ice Cream Social” held last week. According…
Eagle: Wichita park privatization largely a giveaway to developers
Privatizing Wichita’s parks system has largely resulted in giveaways to developers and other private interests rather than Wichita’s residents, according…
KCC grants public utility status to wind developer that could raise electric rates
The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) has approved the first stage of a project which will see electricity from the Wolf…
Book exposes how the Kansas education bureaucracy works against students
One in three students in Kansas is below grade level in reading and math, but instead of addressing the problem,…
Records requests show Commerce Department failing to oversee STAR Bonds
A series of records requests by the Americans For Prosperity Foundation asking for information about STAR Bonds in Kansas shows…
Teacher suspended over pronouns gets damages and disciplinary action removed
A Fort Riley, Kansas, teacher who was suspended for refusing to use a student’s “preferred pronouns” has reached a settlement…
KC Scholars program assists students, adults to be college-ready
One family in Kansas City has had three generations find their way to higher education, thanks to KC Scholars, an…