Category: News
Jobless Kansas families can receive $73,000 annualized in taxpayer subsidies
“Sorry, we’re short-staffed” How many of us have heard that in the last two years when we’ve gone out to…
Moran’s office won’t explain his vote allowing debate on $1.7 trillion omnibus bill
The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to advance the massive $1.66 trillion omnibus spending bill to a floor debate, clearing the…
AFPF-Kansas files open records complaint against Commerce Department
More than a year ago, Americans For Prosperity Foundation-Kansas (AFPF-Kansas) filed a series of Open Records Act requests with the…
Prairie Hills school district to vote on closing Wetmore Academic Center
The Prairie Hills USD 113 Board of Education will meet Saturday, February 4th, at 10:00 am in the Wetmore Gymnasium…
Study shows school choice works in rural areas
A new study from Step Up for Students allays concern that school choice won’t work in rural areas. The study of…
Wichita State bucks declining college enrollment trend
Nationwide enrollment in post-secondary education has been dropping for years, and with the exception of Wichita State, it’s also true…
Oregon teachers quit union, Kansas teachers need legislative relief
Oregon school districts added about 2,100 teachers in the last school year, but union membership in the Oregon Education Association…
Taxpayer, KJI say USD 348 violated revenue-neutral property tax law
When the Baldwin City USD 348 Board of Education raised property taxes a whopping 17.8% this year, the board also…
Prairie Hills USD 113 to close Wetmore school for financial windfall
The Prairie Hills School Board meets December 12th to consider closing the Wetmore Academic Center, and is expected to schedule…
Grandparent’s complaint on “Jacob’s New Dress” is resolved successfully
When Kansas City, Kansas grandparent Jim Clay looked over Jacob’s New Dress, a book his 4-year-old preschooler brought home, he…
KS Supreme Court Justice Caleb Stegall resigns teaching position over free speech issues
Just over a month after an associate dean at the University of Kansas School of Law labeled a speech that…
Olathe focuses on equity audit, DEI while achievement plummets
Student achievement is precipitously dropping in Olathe USD 233, but district administration and the board majority seem more concerned about…
Special education formula doesn’t count all the funding
School funding advocates met at the Capitol in Topeka recently to make the case that special education in Kansas is…
New Shawnee TIF: no developer but less money for schools
The Shawnee City Council has approved a new approach to Tax Increment Financing (TIF), one that doesn’t come with a…
Haysville school official’s wife was paid $41,000 in overtime
Last week, the Sentinel reported that Beth Schutte, a school nurse in USD 261 Haysville, was paid $126,000 last year. …
Kansas Open Records exemption allows elected officials to avoid scrutiny
Changes to the Kansas Open Records Act intended to close a loophole preventing the use of private emails to circumvent…
KS K-12 spending ranked #11, but ‘bang for the buck’ falls to #38
Public school spending and student achievement in Kansas resemble an escalator; one side (spending) goes up, and the other (achievement)…
KS education establishment out of touch with parents, student needs
The education establishment in Kansas appears to remain remarkably out of step with parents’ and students’ needs. While polling in…
Lansing parent addresses BOE with content, curriculum concerns
Kirsten Workman, who withdrew her daughter from high school English class over her concerns its content focused more on Critical…
State BOE recommends districts shed Native American mascots
The Kansas State Board of Education (BOE) issued a “strong recommendation” to districts to discontinue their use of Native American…
Kansas parents explain the homeschooling surge
K-12 schools in Kansas have lost more than 10,000 students since the beginning of the pandemic, and homeschooling registrations have…
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…
Gardner-Edgerton BOE approves transgender policy
After months of contentious debate and with emotional testimony from the public in front of standing-room-only crowds, the Gardner-Edgerton Board…
Senator calls for removal of DCF chief after second child dies in custody
Following the second death this year of a child in the custody of the Department for Children and Families, Johnson…