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Regents chair reveals cancer diagnosis
Read ArticleA little more than two hours into Wednesday's meeting of the Kansas Board of Regents, Chair Jon Rolph revealed that he had been diagnosed with cancer. Rolph didn't go into any details about...
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KNEA announces interim executive director
Read ArticleThe Kansas National Education Association on Friday announced that it named a former leader from the NEA's Missouri chapter as its new interim executive director, replacing Kevin Riemann...
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Neuenswander retiring from State Department of Education
Read ArticleCraig Neuenswander, the state's deputy education commissioner who oversees the division of fiscal and administrative services, will retire in December after more than 40 years in public...
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Audit says targeted school funding produces better results than blanket spending
Read ArticleIt's not necessarily how much you spend on schools, but what you spend it on that matters, a new legislative audit suggests. A new audit report out Tuesday concluded that targeted spending...
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NEW: Kobach asks Supreme Court to give up jurisdiction in education case
Read ArticleRepublican Attorney General Kris Kobach is asking the state Supreme Court to remove the state from court supervision in the landmark school funding case that was decided four years ago....
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Audit finds nearly a third of school Medicaid providers have no background check
Read ArticleA new report estimates that nearly a third of Kansas school district employees or contractors who provide Medicaid services to public school students may be working without a criminal...
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Supreme Court urged to keep oversight of school funding case
Read ArticleThe plaintiffs in the school funding lawsuit are asking the state Supreme Court to keep oversight of the landmark education funding case, saying the Legislature can't be trusted to provide...
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Education Department: Audit statement on teacher background checks ‘misleading’
Read ArticleAn audit used to call for a law requiring school districts to conduct fingerprint and criminal history investigations of teachers every five years is misleading, the State Department of...
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Movement underway to convene special ed task force
Read Article(Will be updated as warranted) There is an effort underway to force a meeting of the special education task force that has not yet met even though it was created by the Legislature this...
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1776 PAC loses most Kansas races
Read ArticleA federal political action committee that vowed to fight the "left-wing assault" on the classroom saw a dramatic falloff in electing its Kansas candidates this year after enjoying some...
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