Kansas Teachers' Group Had $418,000 Ahead Of Election
Posted: 4:00 PM A finance report shows that the largest teachers' union in Kansas had more than $418,000 to spend on campaign activities in the final 10 days before the Nov. 6 elections.
Posted: 4:00 PM A finance report shows that the largest teachers' union in Kansas had more than $418,000 to spend on campaign activities in the final 10 days before the Nov. 6 elections.
Posted: 8:26 AM Pittsburg State University is offering an academic take on zombies, vampires and other things that go bump in the night.
Posted: 12:40 PM Kansas State Board of Education races this year are shadowed by an emerging conflict over science standards for public schools.
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Posted: 12:20 PM Students at a northeast Kansas high school are waging a protest against a new federal law regulating what they eat for lunch.
Posted: 12:11 PM Overland Park Republican Steve Roberts argues that state policies place too much emphasis on ensuring that aspiring second-career teachers go back to college over quickly tapping their knowledge of subjects such as math and science.
Posted: 8:27 AM An appeals court has revived a school finance lawsuit filed by some northeast Kansas parents.
Posted: 5:06 AM A leading Kansas Democrat is criticizing efforts by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback to solicit anonymous tips about inefficient use by schools of their state funding.
Posted: 8:34 AM The Kansas Board of Regents has approved three construction projects at the University of Kansas.
Updated: 8:17 AM A Choose Respect event teaches high school students how to recognize and deal with bullying and domestic violence situations.
Posted: 5:21 AM Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's school efficiency task force has launched a web page to take anonymous tips about problems with school spending.
Posted: 5:17 AM Kansas test score averages won't include the results of about 2,700 older students from three districts, including the state's fifth-largest.
Posted: 9:56 AM The state's education commissioner says possible policy changes will make next year one of the busiest years in a decade for Kansas educators.
Posted: 9:11 AM The Kansas State Department of Education plans to move to a larger state-owned office building in Topeka in 2014.
Updated: 10:50 PM Liliana Garcia attended a workshop conducted by the Wichita School District to learn more about recognizing the signs of bullying.
Posted: 3:50 PM An Emporia State University biology professor says proposed science standards under consideration for Kansas public schools aren't rigorous enough.
Posted: 12:58 PM Event takes place tonight in Wichita.
Posted: 5:10 AM State Board of Education members are reviewing the progress of Kansas and other states in drafting common science standards.
Posted: 8:41 AM An Olathe teacher who barely graduated from high school has been named the best automotive teacher in the country.
Posted: 1:25 PM Democrats are criticizing Brownback and his conservative allies over massive income tax cuts enacted this year, suggesting they'll create big budget problems.
Updated: 8:14 AM Wichita State University is inviting the public to the inauguration of its 13th president.
Posted: 11:05 AM Anonymous donors have given Pittsburg State University $100,000 to spend on scholarships for technology majors from southeast Kansas.
Posted: 10:48 AM The parents of two Virginia Tech students who successfully sued the state for the deaths of their daughters in a 2007 campus massacre now want to take the university's president to court.
Updated: 9:20 AM The Wichita Fire Department unveiled the new Mobile Prevention Experience this week.
Posted: 2:57 PM Two days after a school efficiency task force picked by Governor Sam Brownback met, another group created by the Kansas Association of School Boards is emerging.