Tag: Education
Kansas ranks 34th in the nation in ‘Parent Power’ in education
According to the nonprofit Center for Educational Reform, Kansas ranks 34th in the nation in their “Parent Power Index,” which…
USD 231 superintendent Pam Stranathan gets $425k gift from taxpayers
Student achievement steadily declined in Gardner-Edgerton under Superintendent Pam Stranathan. The district consciously misled legislators, Stranathan asked county commissioners to…
Parents prove state school board wrong on CRT
“Critical Race Theory – CRT – is not taught in schools,” is the constant refrain from administrators and school boards…
KASB won’t say if they will leave National School Boards Association
Twenty-three states have now either pulled their membership to the National School Boards Association or are actively distancing themselves from…
KU ducks questions about CRT in education curriculum
As the furor over the teaching of controversial subjects such as critical race theory swings elections in other states, a…
Olathe schools silent on whistleblower academic allegations
While the Olathe school district is pushing Critical Race Theory under the guise of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, a whistleblower…
Gardner School Board member deceives on remote learning
One Gardner-Edgerton Schoolboard member has made the claim on social media that the Kansas Legislature has made it impossible to…
Supreme Court issues stay in SB 40 case
After intervention by Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, the Kansas Supreme Court has issued a stay in the case involving…
Oklahoma new educator symposium blasts cops, white women
As the Sentinel has been reporting for several weeks now, Critical Race Theory — disguised as “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,”…
Evidence of critical race theory in Olathe schools
Just as Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson argued to the State Board of Education that Critical Race Theory is not…
KC Star spreads disinformation about school board meeting
Last week, YouTube removed a video of the May 17 Shawnee Mission School District Board of Education meeting for “spreading…
Cecil O’Brate: the quiet, humble ‘Titan’ of southwest Kansas
In southwestern Kansas there is a man who came from humble beginnings, worked hard, and became wealthy. He never forgot…
Trustees: Butler County Community College fails transparency test
ELDORADO — Two Butler County Community College trustees say they routinely have trouble getting information to which they are entitled.…
State Board of Ed slaps down executive order delaying school opening
In a stunning rebuke Wednesday, the Kansas State Board of Education declined to ratify Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s executive order…
Heritage Foundation: parents deserve a refund from school closure
While many taxpayers and businesses are suffering — and failing — under the lash of the COVID-19 closures, school districts…
Informed consent legislation for release of sensitive student data fails
A House bill that would have required informed consent before parents allow their children to participate in a controversial survey…
Polls show overwhelming support for school choice
A new study by the American Federation for Children, conducted by Beck Research shows national support for school choice is…
Florida education reform film coming to Kansas
Florida students are making gains in reading and math at a faster rate than the national average as well as…
SFFF diverts $8.4 million from classrooms to pay lawyers
Kansas public school districts have paid more than $8.4 million in membership fees to Schools for Fair Funding (SFFF), an…
Kansas House Majority Leader: State “Just Robbing” Taxpayers
Apparently no one told the new House Majority Leader, Dan Hawkins, a Wichita Republican, that a blue wave had transformed Kansas…
Facing Deep Cuts, KU Staff Push Back Against Administrative Fat Cats
Facing cuts of more than 150 positions, angry employees of the University of Kansas are finally speaking out about the…
Kansas to Pay “Controversial” Outfit $270,000 to Recruit 3 Teachers
In 2015, the Washington Post published an entire chapter from a book called “Good Intentions Gone Bad” about the “controversial”…
Whoa! Missouri Teacher Busted on Sex Charges Rehired by Neighboring District
The arrest of a male Missouri teacher may force open the doors on a scandalous practice that has much too…
15 Months Into Campus Carry, KU Reports First Teeny Violation
Some 15 months into the University of Kansas’s “controversial” campus carry law, the Lawrence Journal-World inquired to see how many…