Category: News
Compass Academy Network prevents summer learning loss in middle school
An innovative new program based out of Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School in Joplin, Missouri, is hoping to make a…
North Carolina becomes ninth state to approve universal school choice
North Carolina lawmakers have approved a sweeping expansion of its Opportunity Scholarship Program, providing more school choice for children in…
Microschool director preparing online guide to help others deal with regulatory issues
After successfully shepherding goats through Wichita city regulations, Katie Saiz is preparing a “how-to” guide to help other microschool leaders…
Hays High School construction project, restrooms stirs controversy
Ground is set to be broken at the new Hays, Kansas High School soon, and it is unclear if the…
AG opinion on state law raises concerns about legal notices
A Kansas taxpayer is sounding an alarm about a recent opinion by Attorney General Kris Kobach, and its effect on…
House Speaker Hawkins plans to reduce property tax next year
Vowing that “we’re going to give tax relief”, Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins floated a property tax cut proposal to…
Kansans show micro schools and hybrids offer innovations in learning
Micro schools are the reimagining of the one-room schoolhouse, where class sizes are usually fewer than 15 students of varying…
Principal silent on alleged drag queen discussion in Shawnee middle school
A Trailridge Middle School parent is outraged, but the school principal is mum about allegations that their child was subjected…
KCC staff recommends smaller increase in Evergy Central, decrease in KC area
Kansas Corporation Commission staff late last month made a rare rate decrease recommendation in an Evergy rate case before the…
Ottawa beekeeper wins sweet victory for home-based businesses
People in Ottawa, Kansas who want home-based businesses to sell honey and produce won a victory recently, thanks to Ellen…
LVCO commissioners reject ICE proposal to house deportees
Two weeks after narrowly voting to consider the proposal, the Leavenworth County Commission unanimously dismissed an overture from U.S. Immigration…
ADHD medication shortage causes difficulties for patients
A shortage of medication for sufferers of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), many of them children, has persisted for much of…
Bonner Springs superintendent defends gender pronoun instruction poster in middle school
Students at Clark Middle School in Bonner Springs can familiarize themselves with the issues involving gender identity pronouns with this…
Prominent scientists balk at climate change narrative
For years the refrain has been “the science is settled,” never mind that actual science is never settled — but…
Hybrid and micro school summit: One size doesn’t fit all in education
Ten years ago, MIT engineer Kelly Smith began volunteering at his local library teaching computer programming to neighborhood kids along…
LVCO detention center considered for housing illegal aliens awaiting deportation
In a recent discussion with Leavenworth County commissioners, County Administrator Mark Loughry sought to address what he called “misinformation circulated…
Some districts still pay dues to Schools for Fair Funding
More than four years after the Kansas Supreme Court compelled school funding to be increased by more than $1 billion,…
Governing article suggests school board members add “lobbyist” to their skillsets
As school board campaigns head into the fall, the online newsletter Governing is offering candidates and incumbents a “How-To” in…
Switched vote insures Lansing school district patrons won’t see tax increase
The USD 469 Board of Education in Lansing has approved a budget for the 2023-2024 school year that will not…
Dueling news releases show rift widening in aftermath of Wetmore closing
The ongoing financial dispute stemming from the closure of the Wetmore Academic Center (WAC) between USD 113 Prairie Hills and…
Johnson County libraries to provide feminine hygiene products in men’s restrooms
Yes, the headline is correct; Johnson County libraries will soon provide tampons and other feminine hygiene products in the men’s…
Marion Record reporter Deb Gruver sues Marion police chief Gideon Cody
The first federal lawsuit filed in the wake of the raid of the Marion County Record has been filed and…
Kansas City Star rejects opinions with which it disagrees
When Colleen Nelson was the editorial manager for the Kansas City Star, she made sure that alternate views (i.e., not…
USD 453 budget video makes deceptive property tax claims
New Leavenworth Superintendent Dr. Kellen Adams posted a recent video to justify the proposal for USD 453 to exceed the…