June 6, 2023

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Tag: KNEA

House committee approves ESA school choice bill

The Kansas House of Representatives K-12 Education Budget Committee heard testimony earlier this week on House Bill 2218, which would…

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KS education establishment out of touch with parents, student needs

The education establishment in Kansas appears to remain remarkably out of step with parents’ and students’ needs. While polling in…

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KNEA mum on achievement declines suffered with remote learning

The Kansas National Education Association won’t comment on a Harvard University study that shows student achievement declined with remote learning…

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KPI supports teacher merit pay, school boards opposed

A legislative proposal to earmark about $50 million of school funding for teacher merit pay is being opposed by the…

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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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K-12 officials: choice for the system, not for students

“Today we’ve have heard about ways to give kids more choice and what we have received back would be all…

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K-12 opposition to computer science underscores need for choice

The lineup of people testifying for and against a proposal to make completion of a computer science course a graduation…

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K-State ducks questions about social justice contest with KNEA

K-State — Kansas State University — is refusing to answer questions about its apparent partnership with the Kansas National Education…

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Make no mistake: local elections aren’t nonpartisan

All across Kansas, people who never thought they would run for office are seeking election in nonpartisan races for local…

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Critical race theory is #1 priority of National Education Association

The #1 priority of the National Education Association – the nation’s largest teacher union – is indoctrinating students with critical…

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Gov. Kelly, David Toland need to answer questions on student achievement

 On Nov. 14 of Kansas Framework For Growth, created by Governor Kelly’s administration and Commerce Secretary David Toland, put out a…

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Blue Valley teachers vote to abandon the KNEA

Teachers in the Blue Valley school district left the Kansas National Educators Association (KNEA) last May and they overwhelmingly rejected KNEA…

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KNEA opposes teacher supply stipend

Teacher unions have often complained about teachers having to use their own money to buy classroom supplies, but the state’s…

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Bill sponsors still hard to find despite rule changes

HB 2175, sponsored by the House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development, would impose a monthly fee on any…

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Whoa! DOJ Investigates Sex Crimes, Harassment in Shawnee Mission Schools

For nearly two years now the Sentinel has been documenting the lack of media attention to sex crimes within area…

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Shocker: KNEA Withdraws Support of Deaf Candidate in Kansas House Race

One had to give credit where it is due: the KNEA, the Kansas branch of the National Educational Association, has…

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Where’s the KNEA? Still Another School Teacher Busted For Sex With Kids

While the Kansas City Star is running breathless front pages exposés on a priest who left the area 42 years…

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Shock Headline: “Kansas teachers union backs Democratic nominee for governor”

For some reason the Associated Press and the Kansas City Star thought it newsworthy that the National Education Association’s Kansas…

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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…

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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…

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Organization Offers Alternative to Teachers’ Unions

The Kansas Association of American Educators (KANAAE) offers to professional educators an alternative to joining a teacher’s union. Though KANAAE…

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KCTV 5 Serves as Propaganda Arm of KCK Schools

KCTV 5 and reporter Caroline Sweeney essentially served as the public relations arm of the Kansas City, Kansas, School District on…

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Kansas House Votes to Restore Mandated Teacher Tenure

Sandwiched between votes to override Gov. Sam Brownback’s tax increase veto and debate to expand Medicaid, it almost got lost…

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Kansas tax policy

Star Article Ignores One Side of Senate Showdown

The Kansas Senate shut down plans to debate a tax policy bill and a budget bill last week, after Senate…

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