As changes at both the state and federal level unfold, Lawrence school board members on Monday will get briefed on the dollars and cents that may be at stake for the Lawrence school district.
On Monday, school board members will hear a presentation about the remaining funds for spring 2025. The Trump administration has frozen $99,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Resilient Food Systems ...
Douglas County does better than the national average on unemployment, child poverty, flu vaccinations and more, but it has more work to do on housing issues and income inequality.
That's according to data from the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program, led by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. It provides data on over 80 health-related factors in counties around the U.S., including ...
A third candidate, a University of Kansas program director for the School of Business, has filed for the Lawrence school board election.
Matt Lancaster told the Journal-World that in the last few years, it has become a pretty hostile environment to educators and to schools, and he wants to be an educator-friendly voice to the conversations around school policy.
“I feel like every time something comes out ...
When it comes to talking about climate change with their peers, many Americans believe it's best to keep quiet, particularly given how politicized the issue has become.
That is particularly true among Midwestern farmers, new research from the University of Kansas has found. A professor there said that's problematic since farmers may have some unique insights into climate change.
“(Farmers) have been both ...
A nonprofit that is trying to help fill an estimated shortage of 2,500 child care slots in Douglas County has two new projects coming online soon.
The Lawrence-based Community Children’s Center has announced partnerships with two new child care providers that ultimately will be able to provide services to at least 140 children in Douglas County.
The nonprofit CCC has announced that its Early Childhood ...
Earlier this month at the Capitol, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer pointed to a deep blue map that might make education leaders across the U.S. a little seasick.
The map, originally from the news site Axios, shows how much of the K-12 education funding in each state in 2022 came from the federal government. States that receive more of their school funding from the federal government are shaded in darker ...
