Updated: 8:17 AM While seat belt usage drops off dramatically after toddlerhood, new research shows older children are involved in thousands of traffic crashes each year in Kansas.

Updated: 7:25 PM The Wichita school board is scheduled to discuss the proposal Monday night.

Posted: 2:30 PM Police and the school district in Garden City are investigating a threat in the form of a social media post made Wednesday by a middle school student.

Posted: 8:29 AM Several Kansas schools and school districts have been recognized for their support of character education.

Posted: 5:51 PM The lawsuit stemmed from the Legislature's impasse last year over redrawing the state's political boundaries to ensure equal representation.

Posted: 8:52 AM The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has awarded grants totaling nearly $83,000 to 27 of the state's public schools for recycling-related projects.

Updated: 11:43 AM Attorneys seeking a settlement over a lawsuit challenging the state's school finance system say two days of talks have been unsuccessful.

Posted: 9:35 AM Hundreds of classified employees of Kansas State University are discussing whether to no longer be civil service employees.

Updated: 9:29 AM Gov. Sam Brownback says the state should divert $1.15 million from bioscience efforts to fund a new adult stem cell center at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Posted: 8:20 AM University of Kansas leaders are hailing the designation of the Lawrence campus as a new listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

Updated: 11:01 PM The Maize School Board eliminated the random drug testing policy that has been in effect since 2007.

Posted: 10:59 AM University of Kansas officials admit the school has not been aggressive in offering online education options, but that is changing.

Updated: 5:29 PM A Stucky Middle School student could be expelled after being found with an air soft gun on a school bus.

Updated: 6:30 PM This week, the Mulvane Board of Education approved random drug testing at the the high school, contingent upon a grant approval.

Updated: 9:41 AM KAKE News has learned that a member of the Shockers' Final Four team is being investigated for sexual assault.

Posted: 8:32 AM Kansas State University is awarding an honorary doctorate to a former CEO of agribusiness giant Cargill Inc.

Updated: 10:33 PM Some Wichita public school students could face a longer academic day or year in the future.

Updated: 7:02 PM This is a story KAKE News has been tracking ever since officers came up with a new type of patrol targeting drivers who don't stop for school buses.

Posted: 8:28 AM The University of Kansas is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the start of its architecture program.

Updated: 9:25 PM Wichita School Board of Education members are seeking community input on the future of Southeast High School.

Posted: 2:52 PM The pilot program would allow 10% of school districts to apply for "innovative school" status

Posted: 1:21 PM For Earhart Environmental Magnet School, Earth Day fits right into the learning objectives.

Updated: 8:37 AM A woman who is suing an east-central Kansas school board will soon be serving on that board.

Posted: 8:32 AM The retired Dallas homicide detective who was handcuffed to Lee Harvey Oswald when the suspected assassin of President John F. Kennedy was killed is coming to Washburn University.

Posted: 1:13 PM Two Wichita East seniors among those honored.