District orders changes to 8th grade slavery lesson

Students at Central are lucky to have Mr. Wormsley. He is one of the best. It's too bad people can't understand why students love his class so much, and would rather make kids sit at desks and fill out worksheets. Kids learn through role playing. That's what this lesson was about, nothing more and nothing less. My kids adore Mr. Wormsley and still cite things they learned from his class — they visit him at Central whenever they can. This controversy is ridiculous. This teacher is a model for what teachers should be.

February 19, 2013 at 7:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

A road to better wetlands

Three generations of Boyds have tirelessly worked to clean up and restore this area. Through thick and thin, they've never stopped educating students and the community about conservation and wildlife. In a few short years they've demonstrated how to restore a corn field to a diverse habitat. No doubt they'll continue to make the new area amazing, and increase their educational reach. Thank you Roger and Jon, for making lemonade out of this KDOT lemon. I can't think of better stewards for this important place.

July 15, 2012 at 9:38 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Sound Off: Does the Parks and Recreation department still teach weaving classes and use the looms th

LadyJ I have a loom for sale. http://lawrence.craigslist.org/art/28...

March 7, 2012 at 7:39 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Chicken stew

Awful offal on the streets every day. Can the city please ban roadkill?

March 5, 2012 at 11:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Judge acquits man accused of shooting Bullet the cat

"free them at an area lake"?

Dumping animals should also be a crime.

March 1, 2012 at 7:12 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Regional Choreography Festival Performance -- 02/25/12 at Lawrence Arts Center

This event starts at 7:30 p.m.!

February 25, 2012 at 5:32 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Once homeless Lawrence family makes goal of having own place by Thanksgiving

Cute kids! Happy Thanksgiving in your new place.

November 23, 2011 at 10:55 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Class ring racket

I couldn't believe they did this either. It should stop at a brochure, and kids should receive info on alternatives to Jostens rings in the same way.

November 12, 2011 at 8:04 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Forgive loans

Comparing 1960 tuitions with today's and adjusting for C.O.L. shows a hugely disproportionate rise in the cost of higher education. Not sure why people are against government helping to bring the cost down for kids to go to school while we pay millions is subsidies to oil companies every year. Priorities are all screwed up in this country.

October 11, 2011 at 8:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

God’s way

If God created people who feel like they're not in the right body and God also just happened to create doctors and medical means to fix that then what's the problem?

October 4, 2011 at 7:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )