WICHITA — School is back. Thousands of teachers across the state are not. Absences triggered by COVID-19 outbreaks and the resulting quarantines leave schools straining to fill the gaps with substitutes when retirees and the other usual fill-in suspects are less willing to command a ...
Craig McCauley, the choral music director at West Middle School, received the Lawrence Teacher of the Year Award for secondary school educators this week, the district announced Friday in a news release. Superintendent Anthony Lewis presented the award Wednesday at West, citing McCauley's ...
The Lawrence school board will convene for a special meeting on Saturday for its annual retreat. The meeting will serve as an opportunity for the board to meet for a longer period of time for various purposes. No action will be taken during the meeting. According to an agenda for the meeting, ...
TOPEKA — In the first year and a half of the pandemic, Kansas schools have seen a troubling decrease in enrollment and attendance and an increase in truancy and chronic absenteeism. Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson told the State Board of Education on Tuesday that from 2019 to ...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — First lady Jill Biden touted the Biden administration's interest in the concerns of the Hispanic community during a visit Tuesday to a school in Kansas City, Kan. Biden's visit to El Centro Academy, a dual-language early childhood education program, was part of a national ...
A labor union representing the Lawrence school district’s classified staff has a tentative agreement with district administrators that includes a slight increase in pay. However, a school board member on the negotiations committee said discussions to further increase pay are expected later ...