UPDATED 4:55 P.M. APRIL 24 CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked Trump administration directives that threatened to cut federal funding for public schools with diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the National Education ...
Local nonprofit Cans for the Community is making a final push to collect 5,000 pounds of aluminum cans so that they can turn those recycled cans into cash for Lawrence elementary schools. Cans for the Community gathers aluminum cans for recycling from businesses, apartment complexes, ...
“You don’t have no (expletive) brains?” The voice explodes from the speaker. It's a man from a San Jose, California, area code, and he's leaving a voicemail for a school board member in Lawrence, Kansas, nearly 1,500 miles away. “You cannot do that to people,” the voice says. “You ...
The Lawrence school district has announced Jason Schroeder as the new assistant principal/athletic director for Free State High School. Schroeder, a longtime Lawrence resident, will step into his new role at Free State in June. Free State Principal Amy McAnarney said in a news release that ...
Lawrence school board members approved continued services from a nonprofit supporting Kansas school leaders and helping ensure student success. On Monday, school board members authorized to continue its membership with the Kansas Association of School Boards, or KASB. The membership provides ...
Two juniors in the Lawrence school district received perfect scores on the ACT, the school district announced on Monday. The students – Katherine Stancil, a Lawrence Free State High School junior, and Emma Ryan, a Lawrence Virtual School junior – earned a score of 36, the highest possible ...