Category: Editorial

Food sales tax would be almost gone but for Kelly’s 2019 veto
Guess what the state sales tax on food would be this coming New Year’s Day…

SMSD justifies transgender discussions with kindergarteners
A PTA meeting for Trailwood Elementary in the Shawnee Mision school district disclosed the district’s…

KS Commission on racial equity ignores educational discrimination
How’s this for hypocrisy? The final report from Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s Commission on Racial…

Topeka super Tiffany Anderson misleads parents on student achievement
To hear Topeka Superintendent Tiffany Anderson talk about student achievement in her district, you would…

Things worth fighting for: individual liberty, America, civilization
It is fashionable in the midst of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine to call for…

KC Star pushes Kelly for governor with school funding lie
A guest column in today’s Kansas City Star by a retired teacher makes an outrageously…

KC Star makes false accusations on Parents Bill of Rights
Yesterday, a Kansas City Star article alleging that the Parents Bill of Rights legislative hearings…

Rep. Jarrod Ousley, SM Post deceive parents on school choice
A recent column in the Shawnee Mission Post by Rep. Jarrod Ousley (D-Merriam) misrepresents the…

KPI supports teacher merit pay, school boards opposed
A legislative proposal to earmark about $50 million of school funding for teacher merit pay…

K-12 officials: choice for the system, not for students
“Today we’ve have heard about ways to give kids more choice and what we have…

K-12 opposition to computer science underscores need for choice
The lineup of people testifying for and against a proposal to make completion of a…

Wyandotte legislators silent on minority education gaps
White students are more than twice as likely to be on track as Black students…