Iola Elementary School fourth-grader Kendrick Rush was crowned the school spelling bee champion Friday, and is one of three IES representatives to compete at the  Allen County Spelling Bee Feb. 24. Third-grader Lanie Mileham took…

DENVER (AP) — Every Colorado school district, like many across the country, began 2023 understaffed. That’s caused classes to be crammed together, school bus routes to shrink, Spanish language courses to get cut from curriculums,…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top Republican legislators in Kansas are focusing on helping conservative parents remove their children from public schools over what’s taught about gender and sexuality rather than pursuing a version of what…

Set goals and you’ll get results. That was the message to USD 257 board members from Steve Parsons, a former superintendent and education consultant at the Southeast Kansas Education Service Center in Greenbush. Parsons and…

Consistent with conservative wishes when it comes to K-12 education, the 2023 “A better way” legislative agenda Kansas Republicans released a few days ago leans toward support for school choice Education Savings Accounts (ESAs). Any…

Iola Elementary School is under a shark advisory. A bus in front of the school was turned into a shark last week to recognize the return of Shark Week for SAFE BASE students. That’s because some…

Over the past week, area superintendents shared a look at where their districts are headed in the year ahead. This is the final installment with a look at Marmaton Valley. It includes academic programs, plans…

Humboldt schools welcome the new year with a massive construction project, one of several big changes ahead for USD 258. Superintendent Amber Wheeler offered a look at what she expects the district to face in…

TOPEKA — Kansas Republicans have vowed to fight the rise of a “sexualized woke agenda” across the state, saying they will work to pass legislation to stop the ideology, though conservative lawmakers have differing opinions…

Three teenage girls twist wrenches and peer inside the engine of a Chevrolet Malibu on a Friday afternoon at the Regional Rural Technical Center at LaHarpe. They’ve replaced the engine. Now, they need to finish…