State Board of Education

Open enrollment law hardly destroys “representative government”0
- Education
- May 22, 2022
Hyperbolic claims by elected officials are not new to the world of politics. We are all used to office holders making claims that leave us scratching our collective heads. But a recent statement made by Kansas Board of Education member Michelle Dombrosky takes hyperbole, as the saying goes, “to the next level.” Reacting to legislation
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Governor’s Commission on Racial Equality – a missed opportunity to address real education issues 0
- Education
- April 15, 2022
Only three of 90 recommendations made by the Governor’s Commission on Racial Equality concerned education and none addressed the issue of improving student achievement for students of color. A presentation at the State Board of Education March meeting illustrates what a missed opportunity the commission’s efforts were to expose real systemic racism when it comes
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A focus on leadership at the center of Fort Leavenworth student achievement 0
- Education
- March 11, 2022
At the January state board of education meeting Fort Leavenworth (USD 207) was recognized for being the highest achieving district in terms of state assessment results for the 2020-21 school year. Their districtwide scores earned them the state’s only Silver Medal in the “academically prepared for post-secondary” category of the Kansans Can initiative. Districts in
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Lower state assessment results more than just a function of COVID 0
- Education
- October 31, 2021
The 2021 state assessment results have been released, and to no one’s surprise, the scores are lower. Due to pandemic-related school closings, there was no testing in the spring of 2020. Given the interruption in teaching and learning across the entire country, state assessment scores were expected to be lower than 2019. The statewide percentage
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State board chairman needs refresher course in education funding, board responsibilities 0
- Education
- October 25, 2021
At the October state board of education meeting, the board invited six members of the Legislature – the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate education committees and the House K-12 budget committee – to discuss education issues in which both bodies have both concerns and responsibilities. The joint meeting was held on
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State Board of Education pulls a ‘Sgt. Schultz’ on critical race theory 0
- Education
- July 26, 2021
On the old sitcom Hogan’s Heroes, Sgt. Schultz often became aware that the Americans in the German prisoner-of-war camp were secretly running an anti-German operation. But instead of reporting the violations, he would declare, “I see nothing! I hear nothing! I know nothing!” The Kansas State Board of Education and the Kansas Department of Education
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