Lawrence-area high school seniors have been named semifinalists for a national scholarship, putting them among the highest-scoring students in the country and in the running for scholarships to be awarded next spring. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation – a nonprofit established in ...
TOPEKA — The Kansas State Board of Education rejected conclusions of child abuse investigators, a professional practice commission and attorneys with the Department of Education to protect the teaching license of a mother accused of physically abusing her son. The incident prompting ...
Lawrence school board members have adopted the budget for 2026-2027, and it includes a property tax rate decrease. Following a public hearing on Monday, board members approved an approximately $267.6 million budget for 2026-2027 budget with a mill levy – or property tax rate – of 52.204 ...
To expand access to biking and outdoor activity, some second graders in the Lawrence school district will receive new bicycles and helmets later this month. The second-grade students attending Title I elementary schools will get the bikes through a partnership between the Lawrence Schools ...
Dozens of members of Tonganoxie's teachers union demonstrated outside the district's schools last Tuesday — alongside community members, students and leaders from the Kansas National Education Association — amid an impasse in contract negotiations that centers on how vacation time is ...
On a Tuesday afternoon, Heather Campbell’s algebra class at Bonner Springs High School is lively, with students walking in to start their lesson. They’re learning about the inputs and outputs of slope intercept form, a math problem that uses a graph of negatives and positives. After ...