TOPEKA — A federal judge's order blocking a Biden administration rule for protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination applies to hundreds of schools and colleges across the U.S., and a group challenging the rule hopes to extend it further to many major American cities. U.S. District Judge ...

After a public commenter addressed concerns with the Lawrence school board renewing the annual subscription for a security system monitoring students’ computer use, the board held further discussions before ultimately renewing their deal with the provider, Gaggle, on a 6-1 vote. During ...

Updated at 9:50 a.m. Tuesday, July 9 Outgoing Superintendent Anthony Lewis has appointed Chief Operations Officer Larry Englebrick to serve as deputy superintendent of the Lawrence school district, effective immediately, pending school board approval, according to a Monday news release from ...

TOPEKA — Educators in Kansas' largest public school district discriminated against Black and disabled students when disciplining them, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, which announced an agreement Tuesday that will have the district revising its policies. Changes the Wichita ...

The Lawrence school board won't be naming an interim replacement for departing Superintendent Anthony Lewis until mid-August, and it doesn't expect to begin the search for a permanent replacement until this fall. That's what the board discussed at a special meeting on Tuesday, just a few days ...

Community members, service providers and government officials gathered on Tuesday night to begin a series of conversations about improving safety in Lawrence in response to several teens having recently died from gun violence. Kamarjay Shaw, 14, of Lawrence, was shot and killed on March 18, ...