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Think you want to run for your local school board? Read this book first…

One out of three Kansas students are below grade level in reading and math. Only 18% of high school graduates
By Dane Hicks
4 min
09Jan 2025

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.
By Dane Hicks
3 min
17Oct 2024

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,
By Dane Hicks
4 min
29Aug 2024

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.
By Dane Hicks
5 min
16Aug 2024

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
By Dane Hicks
2 min
06Aug 2024

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
By Dane Hicks
4 min
02Aug 2024

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
By Dane Hicks
8 min
12Jul 2024

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 —
By Dane Hicks
4 min
06Jun 2024

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,
By Dane Hicks
2 min
17Apr 2024

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
By Dane Hicks
5 min
02Jun 2021