Education

Fourth graders at Winfield’s Lowell Elementary School will not have class Tuesday, April 20, after a staff member on Monday tested positive for COVID-19.

As part of an annual effort to give back to its community, Wichita East High School is taking a different, creative approach.

Election Day for USD 375 bond is April 20.

Students at Thomas More Prep-Marian are ready to hit the stage, performing in memory of their music director, Jim Balthazor.

Eyewitness News is taking a closer look at a massive investigation involving school districts across the state.

The Lawrence area has lifted more coronavirus restrictions, with a growing number of University of Kansas employees and students getting vaccinated.

The Winfield Police Department said its investigation into a threat made to Winfield High School led to a teen’s arrest.

Students are now getting the chance to get vaccinated at school. In the Wichita area, the Haysville school district is one of the first to bring a COVID-19 vaccine to students.

The Kansas State Board of Education wants Governor Laura Kelly to veto a pair of bills it says limits its authority in public education.

Wichita State University on Wednesday, April 14, announced that NASA awarded a $2 million garnt to a physics professor to study the sun.

The Newton school district reports receiving a gas bill that approached $200,000.

A split among Republicans on Friday blocked a proposal from conservative Kansas lawmakers to allow parents of academically struggling students to pay for private schooling with state dollars normally earmarked for public schools.

Campus High School in the Haysville school district has an offer to its students who are 16 and older.

A building on the campus of Wichita State University is officially named for a sitting U.S. senator.

With a little more than one month left in the school year, the Valley Center school board at its meeting Thursday, April 8, voted to keep COVID-19 restrictions in place, at least for now.

Conservative Republicans want to allow some Kansas parents to use state dollars to pay for private schooling for their children.

The Valley Center school board on Thursday (April 8) will vote on whether to uphold its own mask and social distancing guidelines.

Governor Laura Kelly signed a bill, largely supported by Republicans, that requires public schools to offer a full-time, in-person learning option for all K-12 students.

Wichita State announced Friday it will no longer enforce masks, social distancing and mass gathering limits.

Sharing a message of “cautious optimism” concerning the future of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wichita State University announced on Friday (April 2) that its following Sedgwick County’s lead in rescinding all mandates requiring masks, social distancing and mass gathering limitations on campus.

A final selection will be made in May, in hopes that the new president can start by July 1.

For the first time in more than a year, middle and high school students in the state’s largest district will make a full return to the classroom Monday.

On Friday, Eyewitness News spoke with students at Wichita State University who say they will get a COVID-19 vaccine at some point.

he fourth class of Rudd Scholars includes 19 high school seniors in Kansas who will attend Wichita State University.

Wichita Public Schools is looking for feedback on how to prioritize funding they’ll receive through the CARES Act.

Students can also participate virtually and the ceremonies will be livestreamed.

A bill that passed in the Kansas Senate would prevent girls who are transgender from participating in girls’ and women’s sports.

A Republican proposal to require all Kansas public schools to offer every student full in-person classes by March 26 has failed in the state House.

Wichita Public Schools is expanding its summer learning program to help students who fell behind, struggling to learn remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Face masks are no longer required in one school district in Ford County.