TOPEKA — Kansas Board of Education member Betty Arnold believes a program offering lower-income students nine credit hours of college courses while in high school can propel more toward two- or four-year degrees — on…

Allen Community College’s website — described as its “front door” to the online world — will soon get an upgrade. College trustees approved a request to spend upward of $50,000 for the new site’s development,…

WICHITA, Kansas — On the first day of school at Enterprise Elementary, Kasey Curmode gathered her second-graders on the carpet and posed a question: “What makes a good classmate?” Someone who shares, one student said.…

It’s almost as if he never left.  Henrik Sieh, a German exchange student for the 2020-21 school year in Iola, returned for six weeks this summer to visit his host family, Jonathan Adams and Dr.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 40 million Americans could see their student loan debt reduced — and in many cases eliminated — under the long-awaited forgiveness plan President Joe Biden announced Wednesday, a historic but…

Amanda Rodriguez and her family didn’t know Iola was building a new school when they moved here recently from Arkansas. “It was a nice surprise,” she said. “To know the community cares enough to invest…

The arrival of the 2022-23 school year offers up the first big test at Iola Elementary School: safely and efficiently depositing 500 or so students each day at a single building. With classes set to…

The USD 257 budget will include a slight tax rate increase, mostly because the district is receiving less state aid.  At Monday night’s meeting, school board members reviewed next year’s budget, which calls for raising…

The first wave of students has arrived at Allen Community College, with many more on the way. Fall classes are slated to begin Aug. 22, with 120 student-athletes involved in men’s and women’s soccer, cross…

Over half of local students qualify for free or reduced-price school breakfasts and lunches.   That’s 679 students whose families meet the income guidelines for determining eligibility for Child Nutrition Benefits.  For this coming school…