Category: News
Maize School District targeted by U. S. Department of Education in shared ancestry investigation
Maize USD 266 has been advised by the federal Department of Education’s (DOE) Office for Civil Rights that it is…
Democrats push property tax hike on cars, farms, businesses
With the legislative session just around the corner, Kansas House Democrats are pushing a big property tax increase on cars…
Clerical error saves Merriam residents $1 million in property tax
Merriam residents recently received a postcard informing them of a “clerical error” that will reduce property tax revenue next year.…
Secret Codes curriculum unlocks the science of reading
The nation’s literacy crisis could easily be solved if educators simply started with the “Secret Codes” which unlock the mystery…
Homeschooling jumps 57% in Kansas while public school enrollment declines
Calling it “the most detailed look to date at an unprecedented period of growth in American homeschooling,” the Washington Post has…
“First, Do No Harm:” Doctors group risks careers to tell the truth about pandemic, immunizations
Five Johnson County physicians are going public with what they maintain is the “truth” about COVID-19, the series of immunizations,…
Pennsylvania settlement allows parents to opt students out of SEL
In a victory for parents, America First Legal recently announced a settlement agreement in a lawsuit it filed earlier this…
KSBRC event attracts experts discussing ways to improve student achievement
With the theme of Improving Student Achievement by Changing Adult Behaviors, the Kansas School Board Resource Center (KSBRC) brought education…
NCTQ: Kansas among the states using weak teacher licensure test for reading
A new study by the National Council on Teacher Quality is casting doubts on the teacher licensure tests in many…
Westwood officials have no cash flow analysis of Karbank incentive project
The city of Westwood, Kansas — in northeast Johnson County — apparently did not conduct a long-term cash flow analysis…
Inspector General report pushes for background checks on teachers, staff
A recent audit by the Medicaid Inspector General of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s management of School-Based Fee…
Gilmore wins 1st Amendment case against Olathe school board member
In a victory for free speech rights, a federal jury recently sided with Olathe resident Jennifer Gilmore who was removed…
KSBRC events focus on adult behaviors, communication skills, to improve student achievement
The Kansas School Board Resource Center (KSBRC) will host a pair of events in Wichita on November 8th and 9th,…
Kansas mom sues state cosmetology board over a sugaring licensing requirement
Sugaring, an ancient Egyptian form of hair removal that dates back 30,000 years, is at the center of a constitutional…
Education leaders, prosecutors weigh in on truancy, chronic absenteeism
Amid increases in chronic absenteeism, defined by the Kansas State Education Department (KSDE) as a student missing 10% of the…
Judge blocks abortion notification requirements in Kansas
A Kansas court has temporarily blocked a long-standing abortion law called the “Women’s Right to Know Act.” On Oct. 30,…
AFT-Kansas distances itself from anti-semitic statement by affiliated union at KU
A recent story in the Sentinel exposing the rabid anti-semitism of the University of Kansas’ Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition has…
Rumblings in WYCO indicate Unified Government not so unified
Discontent among member cities and a budget deficit approaching $1 billion has Bonner Springs, Edwardsville, and Kansas City, Kansas leaders…
EPC Group demands $11 million more taxpayer money for its project by Wichita baseball stadium
Wichita city leaders are considering a(nother) sweetheart deal that would transfer even more taxpayer money to EPC Real Estate Group…
Health textbook with explicit sexual content pulled in Spring Hill
A “health” textbook describing everything from anal sex to “rational suicide” and presenting ideas such as the “gender spectrum” as…
Race-based, income-based achievement gaps widen in Johnson County
Achievement gaps in math and English Language Arts are worse for minorities and low-income students in the three largest school…
State audit: just spending more won’t improve achievement
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is touting recent slight increases in state assessments as proof that more spending results in improved…
Johnson County Election Office ordered to stop sending pre-filled ballot applications
Amid voter complaints and concerns for privacy, Secretary of State Scott Schwab ordered the Johnson County Election Office to halt sending…
KU graduate teaching assistant union calls Israel ‘settler colonial project’
As Israel responds to the vicious terror attacks by radical Islamist group Hamas, a graduate student group based at the…