One out of three Kansas students are below grade level in reading and math. Only 18% of high school graduates in The Sunflower State who […]
Tag: Kansas Association of School Boards
Kansas education spending goes up, but college readiness keeps going down
The ACT results just released for the 2024 school year in Kansas show further declines in both raw scores and college readiness. The test is typically taken […]
Parents high-tailing it for School Choice opportunities
In the 1989 movie Field of Dreams, Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella (played wonderfully understated by Kevin Costner) hears a voice say, “If you build it, he […]
Five things to keep an eye on in the coming Kansas school year
Yes, another school year is almost upon us. Summer flies by, doesn’t it? You teachers know exactly what I mean. This really is the calm […]
ACT scores declining in Kansas schools
ACT scores for individual high schools in Kansas show concerning declines since 2015 in most cases. The statewide composite in 2015 was 21.9 but fell steadily […]
Will KASB follow Kansas law or Biden/Harris Title IX gender bending in upcoming training?
Weeks after a federal court placed a hold on implementing a new federal Department of Education (DOE) rule in Kansas, expanding Title IX protections to gender identity and sexual […]
Kansas schools build non-teaching staff, payrolls while enrollment, student performance decline
The hiring of non-teachers (administrators and all other employees who are not teachers) has continued an upward trend in Kansas for the past decade in […]
Kobach: Biden’s Title IX fiasco is no done deal, no matter what KASB says
AP Photo/Fall River (MA) Herald The Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) is telling school districts they must soon adopt policies — contrary to state law — […]
KASB gives attaboys for declining student outcomes
If Benjamin Franklin were alive today, he might say there are three things you can count on – death, taxes, and the Kansas Association of […]
Keep cameras in the classrooms
One of the windows opened by the Covid pandemic for the rest of the outside world was one that allowed a glimpse into the activities […]