The Lawrence school district’s four-year, on-time graduation rate has improved to 88.7% in 2025, however, there are disparities among many student groups the district hopes to focus on moving forward. The graduation rate is the percentage of students who earn a high school diploma within ...
Lawrence-area high school seniors have been named semifinalists for a national scholarship, putting them among the highest-scoring students in the country and in the running for scholarships to be awarded next spring. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation – a nonprofit established in ...
TOPEKA — The Kansas State Board of Education rejected conclusions of child abuse investigators, a professional practice commission and attorneys with the Department of Education to protect the teaching license of a mother accused of physically abusing her son. The incident prompting ...
Lawrence school board members have adopted the budget for 2026-2027, and it includes a property tax rate decrease. Following a public hearing on Monday, board members approved an approximately $267.6 million budget for 2026-2027 budget with a mill levy – or property tax rate – of 52.204 ...
To expand access to biking and outdoor activity, some second graders in the Lawrence school district will receive new bicycles and helmets later this month. The second-grade students attending Title I elementary schools will get the bikes through a partnership between the Lawrence Schools ...
Dozens of members of Tonganoxie's teachers union demonstrated outside the district's schools last Tuesday — alongside community members, students and leaders from the Kansas National Education Association — amid an impasse in contract negotiations that centers on how vacation time is ...