Education

By Suzanne Perez  A new law requiring Kansas schools to get parental permission before surveying students’ personal attitudes or beliefs has put lessons on hold in many schools. The law doesn’t go as far as a proposed Parents’ Bill of Rights that Gov. Laura...

By Suzanne Perez  For more than a century, Kansas students have earned credits — and, after enough of them, a high school diploma — based on how much time they spend in a classroom. The age-old “Carnegie unit” approach to education...

Johnson County school districts' representation on the Kansas State Board of Education will look different moving forward. What happened: Along with newly redrawn Congressional and state legislative district boundaries, the lines for the 10 state board of education districts were also...

More than a dozen newly graduated Johnson County high schoolers are headed into the first steps of military service.  Making it official: In a celebratory sendoff event hosted by U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids Wednesday, 15 local students received certificates for...

More than a dozen newly graduated Johnson County high schoolers are headed into the first steps of military service. Making it official: In a celebratory sendoff event hosted by U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids Wednesday, 15 local students received certificates for...

Five Shawnee Mission parents who are part of a group that lobbies on behalf of children with complex medical needs and disabilities have sent a letter to Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, calling on her to veto a wide-ranging education...

By Susanne Perez Kansas stands on the verge of letting students attend any public school — regardless of where they live. Conservatives love the plan. They say it would give poor families stuck in failing school districts a chance at a...

A former Shawnee Mission special education teacher has developed a mobile app to help individuals on the autism spectrum transition into adulthood. Why it matters: After 40 years in the district, Cindy Fisher noticed challenges individuals the autism spectrum face...

Hundreds of students from roughly more than a dozen local high schools came to the campus of Johnson County Community College on Tuesday to learn more about pursuing careers in education.  The "Buzz Into Education" Day event was put on...

By Bek Shackleford-Nwanganga  Students at Olathe East High School are trying to come to terms with an exchange of gunfire that injured three people Friday morning. Junior Allison Schmideskamp recalled the moment when she found out her school was in lockdown....

By Suzanne Perez In the battle over critical race theory and how to teach about topics like racism or history in Kansas schools, conservative activists and lawmakers have a new clarion call: curriculum transparency. They want schools to be more open...

By Suzanne Perez As a growing number of Kansas schools cancel classes because of COVID-19 outbreaks or staff shortages, one Johnson County lawmaker wants to let districts avoid shutdowns by using online learning. Rep. Jarrod Ousley, a Democrat from Merriam, introduced...