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- 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.
- Kansas father, son bring good behavior program to Lawrence junior high school
- South Junior High pupils listen to music, watch videos of prisoners
- November 5, 2009
- Tom Bevard and his son, Randy, started the Road To Freedom program. They travel to Kansas middle schools and junior highs to talk to students about staying out of trouble.
- Longtime KU economics professor dies
- Harry Shaffer gave study of economics a mass appeal
- November 3, 2009
- A longtime Kansas University economics professor who touched the hearts of KU students for more than five decades died Tuesday evening.
- Statehouse Live: More school districts consider funding lawsuit; Democratic Party petition opposes GOP health care amendment; Tiahrt compares Democratic Party to communism, report says
- 11:11 a.m., November 3, 2009 Updated 04:16 p.m.
- State Democratic Party launches petition drive in response to proposal that seeks to pre-empt federal health reform in Kansas; U.S. House member from Kansas running for Senate aims criticism at Democrats
- State Board of Education to review budgets, studies on district consolidation
- No action expected
- November 3, 2009
- The State Board of Education is scheduled next week to hear several updates on financing Kansas’ 293 school districts.
- Young students help battle cancer after classmate with leukemia dies
- November 3, 2009
- Elijah Cullison was diagnosed with leukemia in June. And now, his desk at Prairie Park School sits empty.
- Statehouse Live: Malkin to help Kobach; Parkinson counters Cerner deal critcism; Report says Brownback’s Senate seat to stay Republican; Waugh opposes school cuts; Roberts eyeing 2014
- 09:12 a.m., November 2, 2009 Updated 03:29 p.m.
- FOX News personality to raise funds for Kobach; Governor defends proposal for KCK development; Political website says Senate seat to stay in GOP column; Education Board Chair says education cuts will hurt state; Veteran pol looking at another Senate term
- Lawrence elementary school lunches
- November 2, 2009
- Little Steps helps kids transition to public school
- November 1, 2009
- A new preschool program at Kansas University may be called “Little Steps,” but its potential community impact is anything but small.
- Blackhawk chopper lands in Tonganoxie
- October 31, 2009
- A Blackhawk helicopter landing Friday on Tonganoxie High School’s football field was the main attraction for Tonganoxie school district students and other spectators.
- More students enrolling in college
- Increase stems from 2-year schools
- October 30, 2009
- Some are there because of the recession, and others despite it. Regardless, more young Americans than ever are in college — especially community college, according to a new report.
- New federal report says Kansas education standards in the middle of the pack
- 02:01 p.m., October 29, 2009 Updated 05:22 p.m.
- A federal report released Thursday places Kansas academic standards near the middle of the pack when compared to a benchmark national test.
- Statehouse Live: More state budget cuts on the horizon
- 11:10 a.m., October 28, 2009 Updated 02:37 p.m.
- Shrinking state revenues prompt re-examination of spending
- Good timing
- Academic factors should be the prime mover of any decision to change the configuration of Lawrence schools.
- October 28, 2009
- Moving ninth-graders into Lawrence’s two high schools may or may not be a good idea, but there’s no time like the present to take a serious look at this proposal.
- Engineering competition may help students chart future course
- This year’s challenge: Design a self-propelled boat built for speed, endurance
- October 28, 2009
- Making a boat from empty water bottles and rat traps doesn’t seem like an idea that would stay afloat. Hundreds of area high school students, however, took on this challenge.
- More information on high school reconfiguration sought
- October 27, 2009
- The Lawrence school district will continue looking into the logistics of moving ninth-graders to high school buildings as part of a potential school reconfiguration.
- State Board of Education chairwoman urges lawmakers to not cut school funding
- October 26, 2009
- State Board of Education Chairwoman Janet Waugh urged lawmakers on Monday not to cut public school funding any further.
- Statehouse Live: Waugh opposes further cuts to schools; Panel to vote on KNI closure recommendation; Gaming commission set to destroy machines
- 08:49 a.m., October 26, 2009 Updated 01:38 p.m.
- State officials say machines such as “Quarter Sliders” are illegal
- Lawrence Public Schools Elementary Lunch Menu
- October 26, 2009
- Church makes teaching English a mission
- October 26, 2009
- At first glance, it may not look like much — about 20 people gathered in a small classroom on the second floor of Plymouth Congregational Church.
- Bill Gates pushes school reform
- Foundation shapes federal education policy
- October 26, 2009
- The real secretary of education, the joke goes, is Bill Gates.
- After-school program gives students fitness, nutrition help
- October 25, 2009
- Up to 80 students can pile into Central Junior High School’s second gym and get time with a personal trainer twice a week.
- School board to ponder shifting ninth-graders
- October 24, 2009
- The Lawrence school board will hear an update at its meeting Monday on what effect moving ninth-graders to the high school would have on space.
- Legislator says payments to school districts may have to be reduced
- Education knocks potential $70 million hole in state budget
- 11:34 a.m., October 23, 2009 Updated 01:13 p.m.
- New students in Kansas’ public schools and declining property values have punched what could become a $70 million hole in the state’s already shaky budget, a top education official confirmed Friday.
- State Board of Education continues search for next leader
- October 23, 2009
- The Kansas State Board of Education plans to meet Monday to continue planning the search for a new education commissioner.
- German student sees local firms firsthand in sister-city program
- Internship swap agreement could be growing as Lawrence and Eutin, Germany, boost relationship
- October 23, 2009
- An internship swap program between Lawrence and its German sister city may be expanding in years to come.
- LHS, FSHS classes to have joint reunion
- October 23, 2009
- Graduates from the Class of 1999 from both Lawrence High and Free State High are putting rivalries aside for a joint 10-year reunion this weekend.
- Army captain comes home to Lawrence to tell students about his war stories
- LHS grad has embraced military, from West Point to Special Forces
- October 22, 2009
- After graduating from Lawrence High School in 2001, Capt. Sean Patton enrolled at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 2005. He’s completed officer basic training, Ranger training and jump school — as in jumping out of airplanes — before being assigned to his first platoon with the 101st Airborne Division. He was 23.
- Murphy-Bromelsick House in east Lawrence now open to students
- A view of 19th century Kansas
- October 22, 2009
- About 30 third-graders from New York School made history on Wednesday. They were the first school group to tour the Murphy-Bromelsick House, a local landmark commemorating the founding of Lawrence and Kansas statehood.
- CJHS Fun Run aims to raise $18,000
- October 22, 2009
- Central Junior High is gearing up for its 27th annual Fun Run, a 2.2-mile run around the school campus, several Lawrence blocks and parks.
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