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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom, the latest move from a GOP-dominated Legislature pushing a conservative agenda…

TOPEKA — Jewish studies, philosophy, geography, physics: The Kansas Board of Regents is in the process of determining which underperforming programs at state universities will be chopped and which will be subjected to progress reviews.…

Voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a request to issue $420 million in bonds for capital projects in Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools, sending district officials back to the drawing board on a plan to address…

(AP) — Some public school teachers in Tennessee could gain new powers to carry concealed guns into the classroom, a year after a deadly school shooting in the state’s capital city stirred impassioned debate about…

An award-winning children’s book author who has written more than 40 books, including one she co-wrote with Dolly Parton, is coming to speak to area students next week. She’ll also offer a meet and greet…

TOPEKA — Legislation altering the state’s funding formula for public school districts will bolster schools struggling with declining enrollment, the governor said as she signed the bill into law. Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday signed…

YATES CENTER — Three individuals in Missouri are facing charges of terrorism and aggravated criminal threat for a threat that prompted Yates Center schools to close one day early for spring break. The Yates Center…

YATES CENTER — Classes were canceled for schools in Woodson County Thursday because of a threat made to Yates Center High School, district administrators announced early that morning. The incident apparently was related to threats…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ attorney general is telling public schools they’re required to tell parents their children are transgender or nonbinary even if they’re not out at home, though Kansas is not among the…

Crest schools honor rolls for the first semester. High School All A Superintendent’s Honor Roll                                        …