Tag: student achievement
KSDE Star Awards recognize process, cover up declining outcomes
The Kansas Department of Education’s Star Awards program is another means of covering up low achievement and helping school districts…
2023 ACT scores drop beyond 30 year low
A little more than a week after the Kansas Association of School Boards touted Kansas as one of only six…
Recommendations to improve achievement by changing adult behaviors
Testimony submitted this week to the Special Committee on Education crystalized three unfortunate realities: (1) student achievement is low and…
KASB hits new low, trying to explain away achievement declines
A new flyer from the Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) would be right at home as satire at The…
State school board member misrepresents SEL position
At the August board meeting, state school board member Ann Mah misrepresented a social-emotional learning (SEL) statement she attributed to…
Wichita superintendent Kelly Bielefeld covers up poor student achievement
USD 259 superintendent Kelly Bielefeld spoke to the Wichita Pachyderm Club recently, and like his predecessors, he went out of…
Stand Up Blue Valley misleads voters on school board elections
Stand Up Blue Valley, a lobbying group that primarily works to elect legislators who will vote to raise taxes and…
Connell says shady attempt to alter ethics policy was behind his loss of temper
Disagreement over an attempt to remove conflict of interest language from district ethics policy prompted an Olathe Board of Education…
Evidence-Based Grading: another attempt to obscure poor performance?
The Shawnee Mission School District will unveil the concept of “Evidence-Based Grading” (EBG) in the upcoming school year,fueling the conversation…
Stanford CREDO study shows charter schools outperform traditional public school
A new study by Stanford University’s Center For Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) shows that charter school students outperform traditional…
Olathe school board member Julie Steele suggests parent critical of DEI/SEL leave Kansas
Olathe school board member Julie Steele answered a critic of the district’s progressive policies including Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)…
KSDE deceives school districts on efficiency and achievement
Imagine 100 students take a test where Johnnie gets a C and only four students had higher grades. That puts…
NCTQ: Many Kansas universities still don’t teach the science of reading
A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) shows that if the science of reading was being…
Kansas schools received $1.25 billion in COVID relief funds
The amount of money Congress borrowed to give away in the name of COVID relief was mind-boggling. Eventually, $190 BILLION…
The science of reading is the solution to state, nation’s literacy problem
Thirty-four percent of fourth-grade students in the United States cannot read at the basic level, according to the National Center…
Recall effort underway for Leavenworth school board member Vanessa Reid
Opponents of first-term Leavenworth USD 453 school board member Vanessa Reid have launched a recall effort against her, accusing her…
Council Grove school leaders silent on district controversies
USD 417 in Council Grove has been rocked in recent weeks with the resignations of its curriculum director, school board…
Colorado teachers union says capitalism exploits workers, children, schools
The Colorado Education Association (CEA) recently passed a resolution condemning capitalism for its exploitation of “children, public schools, land, labor,…
Kansas City Star reporting on Shawnee Mission protest reveals bias
The Kansas City Star exaggerated repeatedly in a story about a protest at Shawnee Mission North over comments a teacher…
Shawnee Mission teacher shines light on divisive ‘diversity’ training
A Shawnee Mission teacher has blown the doors wide open regarding the indoctrination her district is foisting on children in…
Bi-partisan self-interest in politics destroys education opportunities
The struggle to get kids a decent education validates Thomas Sowell’s premise on the priorities of most politicians – their…
SCOTUS: parents of SPED students can sue districts under ADA
A United States Supreme Court decision handed down Tuesday related to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has enormous implications…
USD 489 Hays: no apparent written plan to improve low proficiency levels
The USD 489 Hays website says its mission is “to provide a quality learning experience for every student in every…
Kansas Values Institute doesn’t value honesty
Kansas Values Institute, which says it promotes “traditional Kansas values,” must not think that Kansans value honesty. An email blast…