The Lawrence school district is launching a food drive for students and their families directly impacted by the loss of federal food assistance. According to a message from Superintendent Jeanice Swift to district families, more than 1,100 students and their families are expected to be ...
Douglas County school districts saw mixed enrollment trends this year, as some gained students while others continued to face declines amid a statewide trend of declining enrollment. Kansas has an enrollment count day where school districts take a student head count to determine state funding ...
Updated at 7:36 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025 Although the Lawrence school district has stopped using Gaggle, it is now using a different student monitoring software — and its use was not voted on by board members or mentioned in court documents filed Monday. The school district implemented ...
The Lawrence school district has stopped using Gaggle software on its devices, and attorneys for the district filed a motion to dismiss many claims in a lawsuit filed by former and current students who have claimed the monitoring technology is unconstitutional. The school district signed a ...
A partnership between The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas and the National Council for History Education (NCHE) earned a federal grant that aims to support Kansas elementary and middle school history teachers. The council, with the help of the Dole Institute, received a ...
At the former Pinckney school building, young adults in the Lawrence school district's special education programs are learning life skills like cooking and cleaning in simulated apartments, and starting next semester they'll have the chance to work at the on-site bakery too. Lawrence school ...