Category: News
Jackson Heights School District leaving KASB, citing political differences
Jackson Heights USD 335 is leaving the Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) saying KASB no longer reflects the district’s…
Kansas lawmakers discuss reform of civil asset forfeiture law
Standards of proof required for civil asset forfeiture, the process through which a law enforcement agency may seize and take…
Kansas Justice Institute demands Westwood stop violating free speech rights over park sale
The Kansas Justice Institute is demanding the City of Westwood retract a letter threatening opponents of a development project with…
LVCO superintendents lobby legislators and try to exclude board members
A decision to leave local school board members off an invitation list for Leavenworth County superintendents to lobby state legislators…
School districts sitting on $1.25 billion in operating cash reserves
New data from the Kansas Department of Education show school districts collectively added $68 million to their operating cash reserves…
Maize School District targeted by U. S. Department of Education in shared ancestry investigation
Maize USD 266 has been advised by the federal Department of Education’s (DOE) Office for Civil Rights that it is…
Democrats push property tax hike on cars, farms, businesses
With the legislative session just around the corner, Kansas House Democrats are pushing a big property tax increase on cars…
Clerical error saves Merriam residents $1 million in property tax
Merriam residents recently received a postcard informing them of a “clerical error” that will reduce property tax revenue next year.…
Secret Codes curriculum unlocks the science of reading
The nation’s literacy crisis could easily be solved if educators simply started with the “Secret Codes” which unlock the mystery…
Homeschooling jumps 57% in Kansas while public school enrollment declines
Calling it “the most detailed look to date at an unprecedented period of growth in American homeschooling,” the Washington Post has…
“First, Do No Harm:” Doctors group risks careers to tell the truth about pandemic, immunizations
Five Johnson County physicians are going public with what they maintain is the “truth” about COVID-19, the series of immunizations,…
Pennsylvania settlement allows parents to opt students out of SEL
In a victory for parents, America First Legal recently announced a settlement agreement in a lawsuit it filed earlier this…
KSBRC event attracts experts discussing ways to improve student achievement
With the theme of Improving Student Achievement by Changing Adult Behaviors, the Kansas School Board Resource Center (KSBRC) brought education…
NCTQ: Kansas among the states using weak teacher licensure test for reading
A new study by the National Council on Teacher Quality is casting doubts on the teacher licensure tests in many…
Westwood officials have no cash flow analysis of Karbank incentive project
The city of Westwood, Kansas — in northeast Johnson County — apparently did not conduct a long-term cash flow analysis…
Inspector General report pushes for background checks on teachers, staff
A recent audit by the Medicaid Inspector General of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s management of School-Based Fee…
Gilmore wins 1st Amendment case against Olathe school board member
In a victory for free speech rights, a federal jury recently sided with Olathe resident Jennifer Gilmore who was removed…
KSBRC events focus on adult behaviors, communication skills, to improve student achievement
The Kansas School Board Resource Center (KSBRC) will host a pair of events in Wichita on November 8th and 9th,…
Kansas mom sues state cosmetology board over a sugaring licensing requirement
Sugaring, an ancient Egyptian form of hair removal that dates back 30,000 years, is at the center of a constitutional…
Education leaders, prosecutors weigh in on truancy, chronic absenteeism
Amid increases in chronic absenteeism, defined by the Kansas State Education Department (KSDE) as a student missing 10% of the…
Judge blocks abortion notification requirements in Kansas
A Kansas court has temporarily blocked a long-standing abortion law called the “Women’s Right to Know Act.” On Oct. 30,…
AFT-Kansas distances itself from anti-semitic statement by affiliated union at KU
A recent story in the Sentinel exposing the rabid anti-semitism of the University of Kansas’ Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition has…
Rumblings in WYCO indicate Unified Government not so unified
Discontent among member cities and a budget deficit approaching $1 billion has Bonner Springs, Edwardsville, and Kansas City, Kansas leaders…
EPC Group demands $11 million more taxpayer money for its project by Wichita baseball stadium
Wichita city leaders are considering a(nother) sweetheart deal that would transfer even more taxpayer money to EPC Real Estate Group…