A United States Supreme Court decision handed down Tuesday related to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has enormous implications for parents of special education (SPED students and the State…
The USD 489 Hays website says its mission is “to provide a quality learning experience for every student in every classroom,” yet the 2022 state assessment results show a quarter of all students tested…
The Kansas School Board Resource Center has begun a series of training workshops for board members to help them be effective advocates for students and improve academic outcomes. The first set of…
Over 160 school districts nationwide, including three in Kansas, have policies to keep students’ transgender status a secret from their parents. That is according to a report from Parents Defending Education (PDE),…
March 6th-10th is designated as National Civic Learning Week. But a 50-state survey of curriculum and legislative initiatives shows Kansas lagging behind in dedication to teaching civics, defined by Merriam-Webster as “a social science dealing…
The Newton USD 373 Board of Education appears to have violated the Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA) during a special meeting called on Feb. 22, 2023. The meeting was called…
A Fulton County, Georgia, member of the “Mama Bears” who was banned from her school board meetings for reading from a pornographic novel available in her son’s middle school library…
HB 2382, the School District Board of Education Member Free Speech and Transparency Act, was introduced at a hearing before the House Education Budget Committee. The bill amends current state law by “.. requiring school districts to…
A yearly audit of the Morris County Unified School District 417 found significant problems within the district — particularly in the handling of COVID relief funds. Morris County Superintendent of Schools Aron…
What began last year as concern over content in an English Language Arts class has repeated itself this school year and resulted in a Leavenworth High School parent removing her…
Kansas education commissioner Randy Watson earlier this week told the State Board of Education that “proficient is a made-up term that the federal government makes us define.” Watson and others…
Title IX rules against gender-based discrimination do not include “gender identity,” according to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc ruled on Dec. 30, 2022. In Adams v. School Board of…