A collaboration between educators and business leaders requires several components, notes Melissa Stiffler, career and technical education director for Iola-USD 257. Schools want to produce skilled graduates; businesses want a productive workforce. That said, the…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ state school board has scheduled a special meeting for Friday to discuss personnel issues after Education Commissioner Randy Watson made what one board member called an inappropriate remark during a…

MORAN — With enrollment numbers dwindling, Marmaton Valley High School will no longer offer a number of business classes. “It was a tough decision to make,” USD 256 Superintendent of Schools Kim Ensminger said. “We…

TOPEKA — A coalition of Kansas faith leaders and education advocates are calling on lawmakers to reject legislation currently being drafted to ban or restrict teaching about U.S. racial history. More than 50 people gathered…

Some U.S. governors are taking broad steps to discontinue school masking, saying the pandemic precaution is outweighed by widespread vaccination, lower transmission and the need for unimpeded instruction. Governor Ned Lamont late Monday recommended that…

If you’ve ever wondered whether you make a difference in this world, read the book “Take Me With You,” by Catherine Ryan Hyde.  The story is about a middle-aged teacher who traditionally spends his summers…

History depends on those who tell it. And no one tells it the same way. That’s the case with Iola’s first school bell, according to Donna Houser, a history buff who has been researching the…

TOPEKA — Lawmakers in the Kansas House began laying the groundwork last week for redirecting taxpayer money from public to private schools by holding a two-hour hearing on complaints two parents have with diversity and…

MAYETTA — Marmaton Valley High School’s Jacque Gabbert was named the Kansas Association of Career and Technical Education (K-ACTE) teacher of the year on Saturday. Gabbert teaches vocational agriculture classes at Marmaton Valley. The Kansas…

Two more Iola schools are now requiring students and staff to wear face masks because of a high number of COVID-19 infections. On Wednesday, Iola High School and Lincoln Elementary School reached the 4% threshold…