December 23, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Tag: Education

School districts use ‘go-away’ prices on records requests to avoid transparency

Fox News reports that parents across the country pursuing transparency are being charged exorbitant amounts by school districts in response…

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Dodge City BOE hangs national motto in buildings

Students in Dodge City, Kansas, next year will be seeing the national motto hanging in their buildings. On June 13,…

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Poll shows majority of Kansans support curriculum transparency

According to a new poll provided to The Daily Wire, an overwhelming majority of registered voters in Kansas and three…

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Educational inequality creates economic inequality in Kansas

Kansas ranks in the bottom half of states in educational equality, which an economist says is directly related to the…

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Lansing school board implements a Parents Bill of Rights

On June 13, 2022, the Lansing, Kansas, Board of Education did what the Kansas Legislature was unable to do, passing…

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Kelly’s bipartisan pretensions are contradicted by record veto numbers

Governor Laura Kelly is attempting to position herself as a moderate, bipartisan governor to get re-elected, but her veto record…

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Kansas is #32 in educational racial equality, belying officials’ anti-racism claims

Kansas is the 32nd-worst state in the nation for racial equality, showing once again school officials’ alleged devotion to ending…

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Eudora girl forced to room with biological male on school-sponsored overseas trip

On a school trip to Costa Rica earlier this month, three female high school students in the Eudora school district…

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Geary County teacher Pamela Ricard wins partial victory in pronoun lawsuit

Geary County teacher Pamela Ricard has won an initial victory in her lawsuit against her school district’s pronoun policy. On…

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Butler County Community College continues to fail transparency test

For the second time in as many years, it has taken pointed questions from the Sentinel to get the Butler…

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House fails to override Kelly’s veto of civil rights bills

The Kansas House of Representatives failed on April 28, 2022, to override Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of two civil rights…

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A-F Grading of Kansas schools: just one A but 80 Fs

Based on the 2021 state assessment scores, only one public school in Kansas earned an “A” on Kansas Policy Institute’s…

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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…

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“Truth in Taxation” helps cut property tax in 21 counties

The new Kansas law aimed at increasing transparency and accountability in local government taxing and spending decisions shows some promise…

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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…

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Open Enrollment bill narrowly approved in House

Kansas K-12 students will be able to transfer and attend any school district in the state, depending on capacity limitations,…

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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 –…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Deleted tweet reveals KNEA, ONEA opposition to transparency

The Kansas National Education Association and its Olathe chapter, ONEA, came out in opposition to transparency legislation that requires school…

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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…

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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…

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