Kansas Board of Regents' task force is eager to tackle the K-12 teacher shortage with reform tied to student grants, teacher salaries and credentialing.
Education deans at public universities in Kansas working on solutions to a K-12 teacher shortage want to dramatically expand over three years state financial aid for college students in education programs and to implement a partnership to uniformly compensate student teachers.
Senate President Ty Masterson peppered the governor's three nominees to the Kansas Board of Regents with questions Tuesday about potential of faculty indoctrinating Kansas college students with "woke" ideology aimed at advancing politically or socially liberal ideas.