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HTML

<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.2.710/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.2.710/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.2.710/styles/kendo.default.min.css">
<div id="grid">


</div>

JavaScript

$('#grid').kendoGrid({
    dataSource: { data: [{id:3, test:'row check box will unchecked upon sorting'}]},
    sortable: true,
    columns:[
    {
        field:'<input id="masterCheck" class="check" type="checkbox" /><label for="masterCheck"></label>', 
        template: '<input id="${id}" type="checkbox" />',
        filterable: false,
        width: 33,
        sortable: false // may want to make this sortable later. will need to build a custom sorter.
    },
        {field: 'test',
         sortable: true}
    ]});