public schools

Our future is in the hands of our teachers. Shouldn't we allow educators the freedom to create their ideal teaching environment? Commentator John Richard Schrock tells us how all students are unique - just like their instructors - and he's come up with his own "Teacher's Creed."

Funding cuts to classroom education and certain policy changes are prompting some teachers to leave the state of Kansas. Neighboring Missouri is hoping to capitalize on this exodus of educators.

Education officials fear the governor may be poised to cut nearly $200 million from public schools, if the Kansas House and Senate can't agree on a tax plan to fund the state budget.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a new law that ended guaranteed tenure for public school teachers. The lawsuit was filed by KNEA, the state's largest teachers' union.

According to recent surveys, fewer students are interested in teaching careers. That wasn't the case for Michael Ralph, who teaches biology at Olathe East High School. In this guest commentary, Ralph credits a program at the University of Kansas for preparing him - and other college students - for a job in the classroom.

In the wake of budget cuts, more than a half-dozen Kansas school districts will let out classes earlier than scheduled this year to save money.

A reallocation of need-based grants would shift money away from students at public four-year universities and colleges in Kansas toward those attending private, independent colleges.

Two bills in the Kansas Legislature would change the way sex education is taught in public schools. But Commentator John "Richard" Schrock says both bills are essentially an effort to remove the subject from the classroom altogether.

The attorney general of Kansas is challenging a court ruling that says the state isn't spending enough money on public schools.

The governor has ordered nearly $45 million in cuts to higher education and K-12 public schools in order to address a budget shortfall.