Education

Curriculum transparency: parents’ right to know what’s being taught, and how 0
- Education
- October 2, 2022
One post-pandemic phenomenon in the realm of public education is parents’ concerns over what is being taught in public schools. It started as parents became more aware of curriculum as they were able to see first-hand what their children were being taught during pandemic-driven distance learning. It came to a head with the protests of
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School districts (again) disregard building needs assessment law 0
- Education
- September 19, 2022
You might think that if the folks funding your organization asked for some additional work to make sure that goals are accomplished, and that money is well-spent, the organization would do so. But in the case of Kansas public school districts and legally-required building needs assessment reports, you’d be wrong. A 2021 examination of 25READ MORE
Early 2022 NAEP results show biggest learning loss in 50 years 0
- Education
- September 19, 2022
A precipitative drop in both reading and math scores of the nation’s 9-year-olds has been documented in the results of the just released NAEP 2022 long-term trend (LTT) test. This is the largest drop in test scores for reading since 1990 and the first ever decline in math scores. It is important to note that
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School choice Q & A 0
- Education
- September 12, 2022
Now, more than ever, Kansas K-12 students must be given a fighting chance to succeed against an education establishment that measures success in terms of dollars and not student achievement. Students and families must be given that chance through choice, transparency and accountability. In this Q & A session, we hope to answer some frequently
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Blue Valley school board isn’t allocating enough money for academic needs 0
- Education
- August 31, 2022
USD 229 Blue Valley, where the average single-family residence is over $475,000, is not allocating enough money to classroom instruction for students to be proficient in math and reading. That’s according to building needs assessment reports, likely completed by school principals, and the district’s 2023 proposed budget. Legislation passed this year requires each school board
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Better “messaging” will not improve student achievement 0
- Education
- August 28, 2022
How do we take state assessment results, in which a vast majority of students are not on pace for being “post-secondary ready”, and make them sound better than they really are? That was the overarching discussion at the August State Board of Education (SBOE) meeting as the SBOE was tasked with adopting a new set
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