Tag: Education
DOJ issues damning report on discrimination in Wichita Public Schools
A report from the Department of Justice found pervasive evidence of discrimination in Wichita Public Schools against students based on…
Districts that leave KASB can still participate in insurance pool
Emails obtained by The Sentinel show Kansas school districts that choose to leave the Kansas Association of School Boards can…
USD 413 Chanute attempts to stifle, marginalize board members
Chanute Board of Education President Heather Guernsey and Superintendent of Schools Matt Koester refuse to answer questions about a “board…
Kobach sues federal government over new Title IX rules
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is suing the federal government over changes to Title IX requirements that are supposed to…
USD 434 Santa Fe Trail seems in violation of building needs assessments law
Unified School District 434 Santa Fe Trail appears to be in violation of state law K.S.A. 72-1163, which requires local…
USD 233 Olathe surrenders records after nearly a month of obfuscations and denials
After weeks of back and forth reminiscent of a Franz Kafka novel, USS 233 Olathe finally sent the records they…
Olathe school district dodging questions about legal fees
The Olathe Unified School District administration and board of education are either refusing to answer questions about legal fees defending…
Kansas Blueprint for Literacy requires ‘science of reading’ in comprehensive education reform
Using the science of reading to teach literacy will soon be required in Kansas schools — and to train new…
Wolf Springs, Blue Valley refuse to answer questions about alleged ‘murder list’
More than a year after an alleged “incident” involving an alleged “murder list” at Wolf Springs Elementary School, questions remain…
SB 428 reinforces school board members’ ability to conduct needs assessments
Senate Bill 428 (SB 428), currently in front of the Kansas Senate Committee on Education, would force district administrations to…
Senate Bill 509 would create a tax credit for private and home school families
A bill that would provide a tax credit to families whose children are in either private school or are homeschooled…
Education establishment gearing up for new lawsuit over SPED funding
The State Supreme Court in 2019 determined that the Legislature met the Court’s definition of adequate funding of schools, including…
Legal experts refute gender privacy claims by ACLU, KNEA on parental notification
The Kansas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Kansas chapter of the National Education Association (KNEA)…
Senate bill would remove onerous license requirements on ‘sugaring’
If all goes well this legislative session Bryn Green, of Hays, will be able to earn a living without having…
Some districts still refuse to notify parents of ‘social transitioning’ transgender students
Last week, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach accused several large school districts in the state of violating parental notification requirements…
Education establishment hostile to accreditation requirement to follow state law
The Kansas education establishment is pushing back hard against a bill that simply requires districts to comply with state law…
Appeals court slams pre-signed quarantine orders
Kansans won a significant legal victory earlier this year, when the State Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal by Shawnee…
School funding exceeds $20,000 per student adjusted for cost of living
New data from the Kansas Department of Education show school funding was $17,650 per student in the 2023 school year,…
School districts sitting on $1.25 billion in operating cash reserves
New data from the Kansas Department of Education show school districts collectively added $68 million to their operating cash reserves…
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…
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…
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…
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…