Category: Featured
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Freedom-of-Speech-e1636495521168.jpg)
Washburn president slams free speech over Michael Knowles event
Conservative media figure and speaker Michael Knowles is scheduled to speak at Washburn University Thursday evening, at the invitation of…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/shelter-2-scaled-e1648588460433.jpg)
KS native Gwen Baumgardner reports on refugee crisis from Ukraine
According to Foreign Policy Magazine, since the start of the war in Ukraine more than 2.3 million refugees have crossed…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Teacher-e1637862574962.jpg)
Kansas House passes needs assessment, other education reforms
For years many school districts across Kansas have likely ignored a state law requiring an annual building needs assessment designed…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/AdobeStock_162501293-scaled-e1678056311313.jpeg)
Kansas Senate passes ‘Parents Bill of Rights’
The “Parents Bill of Rights” and school curriculum transparency legislation passed the Kansas Senate Tuesday 24-15. However the bill –…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Laura-Kelly-ShutterStock10-2020.jpg)
Report: Kelly ranks in bottom half of governors nationally
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly ranks 27th out of all 50 state governors according to a new report from the American…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Janus-v-AFSCME.png)
Unions oppose employee rights with false claims re: Janus
Several labor unions opposed legislation to ensure public employees’ rights under Janus v. AFSCME was opposed by unions this week…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/studying-e1631298385915.jpg)
Remedial Ed audit finds systemic deficiencies in KS school system
A recently released state audit disclosed that about a third of Kansas high school graduates took at least one remedial…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/property-tax-houses-e1623155475479.jpg)
JoCo officials setting residents up for a big property tax hike
Johnson County officials appear to be setting their residents up for a major property tax hike this year. Most residential…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AdobeStock_454550343-scaled-e1708372532749.jpeg)
KEMA overhaul protects due process, privacy, prevents mask mandates
A revision to the Kansas Emergency Management Act (KEMA) that would limit the ability of local governments and school boards…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/gender-identity-e1629752297194.jpg)
Kansas teacher suspended over preferred pronouns sues district
A long-time teacher in Fort Riley is suing her district after being reprimanded and suspended for refusing to use a…
![censorship free speech Advice & Aid](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/shutterstock_573804886-e1699032458992.jpg)
Emporia school board member sends police after parents
A member of the Emporia Board of Education allegedly attempted to have a member of the public arrested after disagreements…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CRT-word-cloud-2-e1627052801161.jpg)
18 Kansas teachers pledge to teach CRT tenets
Against a backdrop of schools oppose curriculum transparency and Parents Bill of Rights legislation, comes a reminder that 18 Kansas…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/gender-identity-e1629752297194.jpg)
ONEA opposes parental notification on gender pronouns
ONEA, the Olathe chapter of the NEA teacher union, says parents should not be notified that their children wish to…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Over-Budget-e1646670267418.jpg)
Gov. Kelly’s proposals create budget deficit in five years
A state General Fund budget profile, including Governor Kelly’s $1.2 billion handout to a single company, her other proposals, and…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/CRT-word-cloud-3-e1646227669334.jpg)
Olathe super continues dodging questions about DEI, 1619 Project
Olathe school officials last year said they purged the school website of DEI resources and links, but the widely-debunked 1619…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/AdobeStock_224423102-scaled-e1625171504606.jpeg)
Kansas legislation to target ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions
Earlier this month the Unified Government of Wyandotte County, which includes Kansas City, Kansas, approved the “Safe and Welcoming” ordinance…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/constitution-1486010_1280.jpg)
Washington Post: expecting freedom is white supremacy
An opinion piece in the Washington Post last week declaring that expecting individual freedom is a “key component of white…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Transparency-e1632173131290.jpg)
School officials oppose Parents’ Bill of Rights, transparency
A Parents Bill of Rights guaranteeing transparency and to be informed and involved in their children’s K-12 education was the…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/indoctrination2-e1645115447633.jpg)
Kansas school calls domestic terrorism a ‘right-wing’ issue
A 9th-Grade history assignment and discussion at Blue Valley West High School in Kansas asked students to explain “What is…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AdobeStock_178487554-threading.jpg)
Eyebrow threading exemption approved for Kansas Senate vote
Practitioners of the ancient art of eyebrow threading may no longer have to spend thousands of dollars to get what…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/confused-e1644787106149.jpg)
‘Shall conduct needs assessment’ confuses K-12 officials
Two state senators last week bluntly rebuked the Kansas Association of School Boards and the United School Administrators when they…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/got-choice.jpg)
Blue Valley, Olathe: open enrollment brings undesirable students
School officials’ rejection of an open enrollment bill in the Kansas legislature offers a rare glimpse of an elitist attitude…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/remote-learning-e1644586563460.jpg)
Salina parents object to the district’s COVID segregation policy
Salina Public Schools have maintained they do not have an exclusion policy for students who are either unvaccinated or who…
![](https://sentinelksmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/property-tax-houses-e1623155475479.jpg)
Transparency works: 52% of local entities won’t increase property tax
Property tax transparency is working even better than proponents hoped, with 52% of local taxing authorities in Kansas deciding to…