Education News

Valley Center superintendent a finalist for position in Kansas City area

Valley Center superintendent a finalist for position in Kansas City area

Valley Center Superintendent Dr. Scott Springston has been named the one and only finalist for...  more...

Helping a child face, and embrace, a career

Helping a child face, and embrace, a career

Your college sophomore shows no signs of a career track. How can you help her choose a path?  more...

New IB program for Campus High School in Haysville

New IB program for Campus High School in Haysville

Campus High School in Haysville is in the final stage of certification to become an International Baccalaureate school. The school hopes...  more...

Firm to test air & soil at Buhler Grade School amid concerns
New rules could all but suspend starches from public schools

New rules could all but suspend starches from public schools

When spuds were all greasers, they deserved to get kicked out of school.  more...

Code of silence aids rampant cheating in Atlanta system

Code of silence aids rampant cheating in Atlanta system

For those of you who think your public school system is bad -- this is an example of "widespread" cheating.  more...

Police target Northwest High for seat belt enforcement

Police target Northwest High for seat belt enforcement

Wichita police cited more than two dozen students for seat belt violations during a morning enforcement operation at Northwest High School.  more...

Local Education Stories

Changes may be coming to Kansas' anti-bullying statute

Changes may be coming to Kansas' anti-bullying statute

Changes may be coming to Kansas' anti-bullying statute.

Bel Aire community questions school board about boundary changes

Bel Aire community questions school board about boundary changes
Teachers concerned about plan to make teacher evaluations public

Teachers concerned about plan to make teacher evaluations public

As North High School hosts a wrestling meet, teacher Brent Lewis volunteers to make hotdogs for the concessions. Right now, his evaluation...

Wichita boundary changes closer to becoming reality

Wichita boundary changes closer to becoming reality

The Wichita School District wanted to know what the public thought about proposed boundary changes and...

Parenting and Education

Vaccines largely safe, U.S. expert panel finds

Vaccines largely safe, U.S. expert panel finds

CHICAGO (Reuters) - After a close review of more than 1,000 research studies, a federal panel of experts has concluded that vaccines cause...

For parents, the ABCs of college finance

Gail MarksJarvis: For parents, the ABCs of college finance

Look at your child, and think of college.

D.C. teachers fired for poor performance

D.C. teachers fired for poor performance

More than 200 teachers in Washington, D.C. were fired on July 15 after they were rated ineffective on their performance evaluations, reports...

New Site Lets Students Gamble on Their Grades

New Site Lets Students Gamble on Their Grades

LOS ANGELES -- A new website is giving higher education a Vegas twist, allowing college students nationwide to bet on their own grades.

No LOL for college professors

Professors not LOLing at students' writing

Texting lingo is seeping into college papers and correspondence, and faculty members increasingly have expressed irritation about reading...

Skipping a grade: Is your child really ready for it?

Skipping a grade: Is your child really ready for it?

Lisa Catanyag thought maybe she ought to do something when, at the beginning of the school year, she noticed her son was more interested...

Female Teachers May Pass Math Anxiety to Girls

Female Teachers May Pass Math Anxiety to Girls

Girls have long embraced the stereotype that they're not supposed to be good at math. It seems they may be getting the idea from a...

Kids won't talk about school?

Kids won't talk about school?

If your child turns into a clam the moment you ask about school, you may need to alter your approach. We turned to the experts for tips on...

Choosing a major in this economy

Choosing a major in this economy

When Carter Schimpff enrolled at Texas Christian University four years ago, he began work on what he thought was a marketable degree: a...

Texting's Terrible Impact on Students' Writing

Texting's Terrible Impact on Students' Writing

Reading, writing, and...texting. Some English teachers say they're seeing symbols and abbreviations show-up in their students' essays.

Firing tenured teachers can be a costly and tortuous task

Firing tenured teachers can be a costly and tortuous task

The eighth-grade boy held out his wrists for teacher Carlos Polanco to see.

Top 9 Party Schools of 2009

Top 9 Party Schools of 2009