Updated: 9:17 AM Education Secretary Arne Duncan is off on a mission to hear what teachers, students and parents in at least 15 states think about No Child Left Behind.

Updated: 7:36 AM KAKE’s StormCall will send out phone, email and text alerts only when your school or home is within a tornado or severe storm warning area.

Updated: 11:56 AM The Kansas Board of Regents has named Steven Scott as Pittsburg State University's new president.

Updated: 6:41 PM Amid concerns about the spread of the swine flu, Friends University has cancelled this year’s study-abroad program to Cancun, Mexico.

Updated: 2:13 PM An attorney who won a school finance lawsuit against the state of Kansas says legislators are headed toward violating state Supreme Court orders.

Updated: 8:52 AM President Barack Obama says school authorities with confirmed cases of swine flu should consider closing.

Updated: 6:12 PM Captain Michael Archibeque is back leading his troops at Pleasant Valley Middle school after spending more than a year commanding 80 troops in the war-torn country of Kuwait.

Updated: 7:25 PM At a time when Kansas schools are already struggling with budget cuts, a thoughtless vandal or vandals has made matters worse for Ark City's Middle School students and the district's taxpayers.

Posted: 10:22 AM Kids in the U.S. are improving in reading and math, and low-achieving students are making the biggest gains.

Posted: 8:39 AM Alcohol may have been a factor in the death of an 18-year-old University of Kansas freshman who fell from the roof of a campus building.

Posted: 2:18 PM University of Kansas police have identified the young man found dead on campus this morning as honors student Dalton Eli Hawkins, 18, a freshman from Shawnee.

Posted: 11:46 AM Fort Hays State University plans to let faculty and staff members know by the end of next week whether their jobs are being slashed in the next school year.

Posted: 2:21 PM Public schools would lose $100 million of the state aid in a $13 billion budget for the state's 2010 fiscal year, which begins July 1. Their base aid per pupil would drop $117.

Posted: 12:16 PM A group of colleges and universities is urging Congress to give illegal immigrants tuition aid and a path to citizenship. The effort by the College Board comes amid efforts in several states to block them.

Posted: 2:06 PM "Tree of Life" is an hour-long performance on Friday involving dancers, the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, a film, actors and the Turtle Island String Quartet.

Posted: 2:32 PM The Sedgwick County Health Department is providing FREE Tdap immunizations.

Updated: 1:46 PM The district says the price increases will offset increases in the cost of producing the meals.

Updated: 9:00 PM The Kansas Army National Guard visited Bluestem High School in Leon today where the students were treated to a fun-filled morning while learning about the benefits and opportunities of military service.

Updated: 10:36 AM The buses will be able to idle with the engine running on nothing but battery and the engine doesn't come on until the bus reaches 20 miles per hour.

Updated: 4:44 PM Northeast Magnet is teaming up with the Wichita Fire Department and the Hutchinson Community College to train the next generation of firefighters.

Updated: 11:32 PM Two Kansas school districts have controversial bond issues on the ballot. One district gets voter approval, but the other district does not.

Updated: 11:34 PM Wichita school board incumbents won big Tuesday night. Now, they say they have a tough road ahead of them.

Posted: 10:05 AM The University of Kansas plans to review its policies prohibiting the release of student information to parents.

Updated: 2:21 PM A Kansas Board of Regents search committee has named four finalists for the presidency of Pittsburg State University.

Posted: 11:12 AM Four candidates, including two from Kansas, named.