Jackson Heights School District leaving KASB, citing political differences
December 11, 2023Jackson Heights USD 335 is leaving the Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) saying KASB no longer reflects the district’s values. According…KSBRC event attracts experts discussing ways to improve student achievement
November 15, 2023With the theme of Improving Student Achievement by Changing Adult Behaviors, the Kansas School Board Resource Center (KSBRC) brought education experts from Kansas…Leavenworth supers want more money, higher property tax, no accountability
November 10, 2023The 2024 legislative agenda that Leavenworth County superintendents are proposing for adoption by their school boards is loaded with demands for legislators…Gilmore wins 1st Amendment case against Olathe school board member
November 3, 2023In a victory for free speech rights, a federal jury recently sided with Olathe resident Jennifer Gilmore who was removed…Education leaders, prosecutors weigh in on truancy, chronic absenteeism
November 1, 2023Amid increases in chronic absenteeism, defined by the Kansas State Education Department (KSDE) as a student missing 10% of the days…Race-based, income-based achievement gaps widen in Johnson County
October 25, 2023Achievement gaps in math and English Language Arts are worse for minorities and low-income students in the three largest school…State audit: just spending more won’t improve achievement
October 23, 2023Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is touting recent slight increases in state assessments as proof that more spending results in improved…More false claims from SUBV on spending and achievement
October 19, 2023The activists of Stand Up Blue Valley (SUBV) are working hard to protect the bureaucracy at students’ expense by pushing another…K-12 bureaucracy ignores flaws in special education funding formula, calls for more money
October 18, 2023Despite testimony that some K-12 funding related to special education (SPED) services is not counted toward SPED funding, the Kansas…Miserable outcomes indicate KSDE should abandon “Kansans Can” and get back to academics
October 16, 2023The Kansas Department of Education introduced its current gimmick – “Kansans Can” – in 2016 with great fanfare. Instead of…KSDE Star Awards recognize process, cover up declining outcomes
October 15, 2023The Kansas Department of Education’s Star Awards program is another means of covering up low achievement and helping school districts deceive parents.…2023 ACT scores drop beyond 30 year low
October 13, 2023A little more than a week after the Kansas Association of School Boards touted Kansas as one of only six states which…