Stand Up Blue Valley misleads voters on school board elections
August 3, 2023Stand Up Blue Valley, a lobbying group that primarily works to elect legislators who will vote to raise taxes and…School districts transferred $71 million too much to special education in 2022
July 31, 2023Education officials say school districts have to divert money from regular education to cover special education costs, but an analysis by…Ohio becomes 8th state to enact universal school choice in the last two years
July 19, 2023With a stroke of his pen, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law the nation’s eighth School Choice legislation, all comingin the…LPA issues scathing report on at-risk student spending
July 13, 2023A new report from the Kansas Division of Legislative Post Audit paints a damning picture of mismanagement and misuse of funding for…Connell says shady attempt to alter ethics policy was behind his loss of temper
July 11, 2023Disagreement over an attempt to remove conflict of interest language from district ethics policy prompted an Olathe Board of Education…Stanford CREDO study shows charter schools outperform traditional public school
July 5, 2023A new study by Stanford University’s Center For Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) shows that charter school students outperform traditional…ACLU, KNEA tell schools to ignore Women’s Bill of Rights law
June 29, 2023Just days before the “Women’s Bill of Rights” law goes into effect on July 1, the American Civil Liberties Union and the…SMSD used $4 million extra at-risk state aid to boost SPED cash reserves
June 27, 2023The Kansas Legislature provides over $500 million of at-risk funding to deliver services to students at risk of academic failure.[i] …Moms for Liberty labeled “extremist group” by SPLC
June 19, 2023The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has designated Moms for Liberty, which advocates for more parental involvement in public schools,…USD 453 Leavenworth won’t remove false claims about academic progress
June 19, 2023Glowing, but incorrect posts about academic progress at USD 453 Leavenworth have appeared on the school’s Facebook page, but apparently…Olathe school board member Julie Steele suggests parent critical of DEI/SEL leave Kansas
June 16, 2023Olathe school board member Julie Steele answered a critic of the district’s progressive policies including Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Social…KSDE deceives school districts on efficiency and achievement
June 15, 2023Imagine 100 students take a test where Johnnie gets a C and only four students had higher grades. That puts…