Lawrence will soon have a disc golf course more fitting for kids and families. The Quail Run Elementary School PTO raised funds to purchase the disc golf course for the school grounds, located at 1130 Inverness Drive. The course will be open to the public after school hours. The course ...

This weekend’s See/Saw Festival will screen about a dozen films, including several for children and teens. The festival — a project of Kansas University Professionals for Inclusion and Social Justice in the KU Department of Special Education — sets out to encourage dialogue about ...

A Lawrence High School teacher has been named a Kansas Master Teacher. Keri Lauxman, who teaches English at LHS, is one of seven members of the 2016 class of Kansas Master Teachers announced Wednesday. The award is presented annually by Emporia State University “to teachers who have ...

Several district administrators and teachers participated in a conference on open source material in education last week as the district prepares to roll out its first class using only open sources. The conference was part of a U.S. Department of Education campaign, #GoOpen, to encourage ...

There is a lot for a parent to remember in between the morning alarm and getting kids off to school, and hopefully this blog can become a helpful part of the daily routine. As some of you may have noticed, the K-12 education blog, First Bell, is now posted ahead of the start of each school ...

An expansion of a city bus route may make taking the bus an easier option for some students and families. Because of high ridership, the city is expanding route 7, which makes stops at three secondary schools. Buses on the route will now pass twice as often as before, with the frequency ...