WICHITA — The Kansas State Board of Education has approved new score thresholds for state assessment tests that are expected to increase the number of students scoring in the top levels. Some lawmakers have raised concerns that the move is designed to cover up poor test scores. But ...
A herd of goats will be visiting Langston Hughes Elementary School throughout the next month to help the school manage its overgrown vegetation. The goats arrived on Thursday from the Cackling Owl Homestead in Paola, owned by Jackie and Shawn Cheney. The farm is an affiliate of Goats On The ...
Lawrence school board members deferred action on whether or not esports, or competitive video gaming, will be offered alongside traditional middle and high school sports as an official activity. At the school board’s meeting on Monday, board members raised questions about the financial ...
As students return from summer break, Kansas school districts are still figuring out how to comply with a new law that requires certain classes to show a three-minute video of human development in the womb. The Republican-dominated Kansas Legislature passed the law last session by overriding a ...
Esports, or competitive video gaming, may soon be offered alongside traditional middle and high school sports as an official activity in the Lawrence school district. On Monday, school board members will consider allowing the district to participate in the Kansas State High School Activities ...
Student journalists at Lawrence High allege that school officials attempted to block coverage of a lawsuit — filed by their peers — challenging the district’s use of AI surveillance software. The lawsuit was filed by nine current and former Lawrence and Free State High School students, ...