The Lied Center has named gifted-education teacher Dani Lotton-Barker and jazz musician Branford Marsalis as the 2015-2016 Lied Center IMPACT Award winners. The award honors one artist and one Lawrence educator every season for distinguished service to the performing arts. “We are ...

The Lawrence school district is now accepting nominations for the 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Awards. This is the second year for the event, in which the public can nominate students, teachers, school staff, community leaders or community groups for one of four awards: MLK Character, MLK ...

This may be the most literal application the title of this blog will have. The original bell from Lawrence’s first school received a new home this month. The 1,600-pound bell is now safe in a refurbished case, but prior to that it has had many resting places, including the bottom of the ...

As part of a promotion this and next month, students can take the GED practice test for $1 at the Lawrence Adult Education Center, 2145 Louisiana St. The practice test, which is usually $6, will be offered at the reduced price from now until Oct. 31 as part of a back-to-school discount. The ...

Eudora students will soon be able to do some high-tech tinkering. The Eudora school district has been awarded a $25,000 grant to grow robotics, engineering and coding programs at its schools. The America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education program awarded the grant, which will be used to ...

With the rivalry football game between Free State High School and Lawrence High School on Friday, a local coalition is taking steps to discourage the vandalism, including a racial slur, that marked last year’s matchup. In the days leading up to the game, 1,000 T-shirts are being handed ...