Tag: Education
Mama Mia! USD 500 Super is the (pension) spiking queen!
USD 500 superintendent Cynthia Lane collected a number of laurels from the education lobby during her years while leading what…
Olathe East Teacher’s Suicide Will Not Stop Child Porn Investigation
The apparent suicide of Olathe East art teacher John Derby will not stop the police from completing their investigation into…
Higher Ed Pub Asks, “What About Kansas” On Subject of Free Speech?
One has to wonder whether the academic left does not understand the concept of free speech or merely pretends to…
Poll: Kansans Overwhelmingly Want the Court Out of Their Schools
Last week, the Kansas Supreme Court decided the additional $818 million Kansas lawmakers approved to fund public schools over the…
Will New KCK School Super Cut Through District’s “Uncharacteristic Stability”?
As KCUR’s Aviva Okeson-Haberman dutifully reported, parents and others supporters of the Kansas City, Kansas School District worry about what…
Ridicule Works: Missouri State Prof Cancels Her “Penis” Study
Missouri State University in Springfield found itself in the worldwide news this week for reasons that could not have pleased…
Kansas GOP Leaders, Candidates Say ‘Not So Fast’ To $$$-Hungry Court
The decision Monday by the Kansas Supreme Court that the latest effort by Kansas lawmakers to appease the court was…
KNEA Bummed, US Supremes Rule Against Mandatory Dues
In a major blow to teachers unions in particular, the KNEA especially, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that charging government…
Breaking: Kansas Supreme Court Says We Want Mo’ Taxpayer Money
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Monday that the “State has not met the adequacy requirement in Article 6 of the…
With Nearly 300 Kansas Educators Making $200K, Tuition Had To Go Up
Given the need to pay nearly 300 people more than $200,000 a year–and seven more than $500,000–the Kansas Board of…
“Mizzou” Has Become Shorthand For “Self-Destructive University”
Board members at the University of Missouri, affectionately known as “Mizzou,” should consider the following headline from The College Fix…
Shocker! Kansas Supreme Court Rules Against Fired Teachers
In May 2015 teachers Sallie Scribner and Mark McNemee received notification from the Flinthills school district that their contracts would not…
The 10 Best Kansas Public High Schools in Greater KC
Over the past few weeks, the Sentinel has been documenting the performance of the public high schools on the Kansas…
Here Is The One School in Kansas With An “A” Grade From KPI
No one can accuse the Kansas Policy Institute (KPI) of grade inflation. In its comprehensive assessment of all the 1300-plus…
Olathe High Schools Need to Aim Higher
If students performed as unspectacularly as the high schools in the Olathe School District, parents might be inclined to take…
Why KCK’s Sumner Academy Is Outperforming Blue Valley Southwest
Based on demographics, one would expect Blue Valley Southwest High School to outperform every other public school in the Blue…
KPI Honors 4 Topeka Schools For Improved Performance
The Kansas Policy Institute (KPI) does not award participation trophies. So parents at those four Topeka public schools that had…
Grades Are In For Shawnee Mission Schools, Parents Brace Yourselves
In a comprehensive review, the Kansas Policy Institute (KPI) has issued easily understood A-F grades for every school in the…
327 New KPERS “Millionaires” Join the 2,000 Existing KPERS Millionaires
There are many routes to making a million dollars, but the surest and safest one may be to get a…
KU Hard Pressed to Explain 42% One-Year Bump in Athletic Salaries
Although coaching salaries are paid out of a separate budget, non-coaching salaries in a university’s athletic department are not. Tax…
Kansas GDP Falls, But Lawyers Want $1.5 Billion “More” For Schools
Forget the GDP–the half billion or so of newly committed money is apparently not money enough for the lawyers representing…
Nearly 300 Kansans In Higher Ed Make 200K, More Than 100 At KU
According to figures released by the Kansas Policy Institute for the 2017-18 academic year, the State of Kansas pays 292…
Two KU B-Ballers Reportedly Got Big $$$$ In Adidas Scandal
Thomas Gassnola, an AAU basketball director accused of working with Adidas to bribe guardians or family members of basketball players…
Why Is KU Promoting Segregated Housing For Its LGBTQ Students?
At the University of Kansas, they call it “gender inclusive housing” but its effect is to shunt KU’s “transgender, non-binary…