No basis for KSBOE claim that homeschool kids are behind public school students

No basis for KSBOE claim that homeschool kids are behind public school students

At the March 10, 2026 Kansas State Board of Education meeting, Board Member Betty Arnold said homeschool students who return to public school are “really far behind” — entirely without data to back up the assertion. Arnold made the statement during a discussion about the progress of the “Blueprint for Literacy” mandated by the Kansas Legislature in 2024. “I’m going to go off the grid just a little bit, but it comes back now. I hear from a lot of…