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- Legislative education committee lobs pre-emptive strike against more budget cuts
- November 20, 2009
- A state committee on Friday sought to put the brakes on further cuts to education.
- Statehouse Live: Committee seeks to stop education cuts
- 10:36 a.m., November 20, 2009 Updated 10:36 a.m.
- Issue of seeking federal waiver is discussed.
- Hillcrest students win prize for fitness video
- November 20, 2009
- The sixth-grade class at Hillcrest School received a surprise Thursday at a school assembly.
- Statehouse Live: Diverse opinions expected in school finance discussion; Life Sciences building named after Hemenway
- 10:30 a.m., November 19, 2009 Updated 02:40 p.m.
- Appropriations panel sets up funding review; Regents approve naming KU Med Center research facility
- Lawrence schools preparing for another round of budget cuts
- November 18, 2009
- The Lawrence school district is preparing for two more rounds of cuts from the state in coming months that could bring the total budget shortfall to 10 percent of its operating budget.
- Lawrence school board president suggests possibility of closing schools
- November 17, 2009
- With more budget cuts from the state to be announced next week, the Lawrence school district is bracing itself for a smaller general fund, and school board president Scott Morgan wants the board to start talking about potentially closing schools.
- Kansas libraries team up to teach children to read, get fit
- November 16, 2009
- It might have taken a few minutes for the group of about 40 preschoolers to stop wiggling around. But as soon as author Doreen Cronin began reading her book Monday afternoon at the Lawrence Public Library, the children were all ears.
- Bishop Seabury students collecting food this week
- November 16, 2009
- Bishop Seabury Academy’s annual food drive kicks off this week, and students hope to collect at least 4,000 non-perishable food items for this year’s event.
- Class acts: Free State junior shares work behind ‘Pippin’
- November 16, 2009
- With a cast and a tech crew of more than 60 talented members, we truly are presenting our own piece of magic at Free State High School; and just as our first chorus of the musical states, “It’s all for you.”
- Sales tax boosts research, education efforts
- November 16, 2009
- Though returns from a Johnson County sales tax are suffering from the recession, Kansas University projects benefiting from the tax remain on track.
- HOPE winner’s humor grabs attention
- November 15, 2009
- Every week, Matthew Buechner, Kansas University molecular biosciences associate professor, is faced with a daunting task: making science fun for the 300 undergraduate students attending his biology class.
- School seclusion practices reviewed
- November 15, 2009
- Nearly 300 students with disabilities were secluded in the final quarter of the last school year, according to a new report by the Kansas Department of Education.
- Garden City teacher suspended with pay
- November 15, 2009
- A Spanish teacher in Garden City is no longer teaching after she was charged with stealing three laptops.
- Lawrence’s Woodlawn School earns three Challenge Awards
- November 12, 2009
- The Challenge Awards recognize Kansas schools with students who meet uncommon accomplishments based on the state standardized test achievements and school population.
- Report looks at county’s learning programs
- November 12, 2009
- The new Kansas Kids Count statistical look at the education, health and economic well-being of the state’s children shows the need for more early learning opportunities in Douglas County, an official said Wednesday.
- Sunflower School educator chosen as Lawrence Master Teacher
- November 11, 2009
- First-grade teacher Kassie Shook walked into the library at Sunflower School on Wednesday for what she thought was a collaboration meeting with the entire teaching staff.
- Former Topeka mayor still wants teaching license
- November 11, 2009
- Former Topeka Mayor Doug Wright, who went to prison for felony theft, is asking the Kansas State Board of Education to grant him a teacher’s license.
- Statehouse Live: Kansas schools get A for academics in new report card
- 10:26 a.m., November 11, 2009 Updated 10:26 a.m.
- Kansas scores well on student performance, but lower in some other areas
- Free State chef serves lesson on nutrition
- November 11, 2009
- The main item on the menu for a Lawrence second-grade class on Tuesday was the value of what they were eating.
- Education officials see more cuts coming
- November 10, 2009
- Deputy Education Commissioner Dale Dennis said public schools will see a $150 per student decrease in spending immediately because education costs have gone up and state leaders have said they will not make up the difference.
- Statehouse Live: More school cuts expected; Jenkins to help recruit female GOP candidates
- 08:36 a.m., November 10, 2009 Updated 03:41 p.m.
- Education official says districts will have to use emergency funds to cover shortfall; Report says U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Topeka, will try to recruit female candidates in 2010 election cycle.
- Free State donation breaks board rules
- District accepts soccer shelters even though equity with LHS ‘out of whack’
- November 10, 2009
- The Lawrence school board accepted a donation at its meeting Monday night that included materials and labor to construct soccer shelters at Free State High School.
- Education commission challenges elected leaders to enhance funding for Kansas schools
- November 9, 2009
- State budget cuts to public schools are unacceptable and elected leaders need to raise enough revenue to properly fund education, a commission said Monday.
- Statehouse Live: More jobless benefits available to Kansas; Commission draws line in sand on school funding
- 12:09 p.m., November 9, 2009 Updated 02:55 p.m.
- Labor Department says unemployment benefits extension available; Panel says state leaders must re-focus priorities and fund schools appropriately
- Picture perfect: Quail Run student wins international photo prize
- Quail Run student wins international photo prize
- November 9, 2009
- Agamani Sen always knew her daughter, Prerona Kundu, had a natural knack with a camera.
- Lawrence elementary school lunches
- November 9, 2009
- Schools consider new funding lawsuit
- November 9, 2009
- School districts across the state are joining forces for a possible legal showdown with the Legislature over funding.
- Donor wants to fund Free State soccer shelters
- November 9, 2009
- Another anonymous donation could be on its way to Free State High School if the Lawrence school board accepts the proposal to build soccer shelters at the site.
- KU task force to focus on retaining students
- November 8, 2009
- Kansas University leaders are looking for ways to help retain students like Jon Kletsky.
- Preserving penmanship in the Computer Age
- Teachers afraid cursive might become a lost art
- November 7, 2009
- Susan Niedenthal has taught third grade for 15 years at Deerfield School.
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