A new analysis from a University of Kansas education scholar recommends giving students more control over their education and finding ways to use technology to support this approach.
The schooling system has largely run on a "deficit model" for over 200 years — that is, focusing on what students lack — though curriculum, textbooks and testing have undergone significant changes in that time. To help ...
A new bicycle route spanning almost 300 miles passes through many counties, including Douglas, joining a developing national network of bicycle routes connecting urban and rural communities via signed roads and trails.
In a mission to establish the largest public bike route in the world, the American Cycling Association added four new routes this fall in three states – with one in Indiana, one in Missouri and ...
Renovations to the commission meeting room at the Douglas County Courthouse are expected to be completed in the coming weeks, just in time for the two new county commissioners who will be seated. Meanwhile, masonry restoration on the building's exterior will continue for several more months.
The meeting room on the second floor of the historic courthouse at 11th and Massachusetts streets has been undergoing ...
A 4.5-acre plot in Baldwin City has been producing solar power for five years now, and the Baldwin City Council has started discussing plans for another — and potentially bigger — solar farm in the community.
The city had partnered with Evergy to construct its first solar photovoltaic array as a renewable energy solution that requires minimal annual maintenance. It started producing power in 2019, and it ...
At its 38th annual Festival of Trees Gala fundraiser earlier this month, the O’Connell Children’s Shelter raised a record-breaking $250,000 to support children and families in need.
The gala has been around since 1986 and involves Douglas County businesses, clubs, children’s groups, families and organizations donating decorated Christmas trees and wreaths to be exhibited. This year's event was on Dec. 6, ...
With photos and paint, two Lawrence High School students have been telling very personal stories about isolation, identity and women's rights — and now they're in a selective national program that will help them take their art even higher.
Junior Lola Brown and senior Adele Erickson both learned at the end of November that they'd won a YoungArts award for their artwork. They were among the 800 or so students ...
