Niche, Wichita Eagle push student achievement deception
A false sense of high achievement is one of the greatest barriers to students getting the education they need. Many education officials go out of their way to obscure what’s…
A false sense of high achievement is one of the greatest barriers to students getting the education they need. Many education officials go out of their way to obscure what’s…
There is a growing trend in small school districts to go to a 4-day school week, which, unfortunately, is another example of the education system acting in the interests of…
Kansas school board members are getting budget advice from the Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) that is contrary to state law, and it doesn’t seem to be an accident. KASB mailed…
You might think that mandating loss of accreditation for requiring school districts that don’t comply with state law would not be controversial, but that proposal in House Bill 2612 was met with…
Sounding the alarm that 37% of fourth-grade students in the United States (40% in Kansas) cannot read at grade level, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) has issued five policy proposalsto state…
A year-end poll of 300 Kansas business leaders finds tax cuts, making the state’s economy more competitive, and workforce development at the top of their wish list in the New Year. The…
The Lansing USD 469 School Board adopted a transgender student policy at its December meeting, a year after the same policy was approved by its colleagues in the Gardner-Edgerton USD 231 District. The policy addressing…
New data from the Kansas Department of Education shows that school spending in the 2022-23 school year was $17,650 per student, with total spending at $8.2 billion. State aid accounts…
Jackson Heights USD 335 is leaving the Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) saying KASB no longer reflects the district’s values. According to Superintendent Jim Howard, the deteriorating relationship with KASB finally…
With the theme of Improving Student Achievement by Changing Adult Behaviors, the Kansas School Board Resource Center (KSBRC) brought education experts from Kansas and nationwide to Wichita for a day-long conference aimed at…
The 2024 legislative agenda that Leavenworth County superintendents are proposing for adoption by their school boards is loaded with demands for legislators to increase funding, allow school boards to impose higher property…
In a victory for free speech rights, a federal jury recently sided with Olathe resident Jennifer Gilmore who was removed from an Olathe Board of Education meeting in 2022. Gilmore, who ran…