Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Score declines, accelerated during COVID, saw Kansas lose about 20 years worth of increases on the National Assessment for ...

Topeka, Kan., April 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- A new analysis from the Collaborative for Student Success finds a troubling disconnect in Kansas between rising high school graduation rates and how ...

In James Bell’s math class at Chapman High School, sophomores are trying to pinpoint exactly where two lines cross. The ...

High school graduation requirements for Kansas students soon may be changing, and the Kansas Board of Regents this week weighed in with a couple of suggestions: More math and more paperwork. But those ...

Taylor Howell works on a Java coding assignment in Lisa Whallon's class at Olathe Northwest High School. A teenager wakes up, gets ready for school. Slips a smartphone into her pocket on the way out ...

Remember a time when four in five Kansas students were considered proficient in math and reading? That may have sounded pretty good, but it all depended on the definition of “proficient.” Next week ...

Kansas students' performance on the annual state math test essentially stayed flat from 2016 to 2017, while performance on the English and language arts portion decreased slightly. The Topeka ...

One of Lawrence’s best known and most respected teachers has been named to the Kansas Teachers’ Hall of Fame. “He’s a legend,” said Lawrence school Supt. Randy Weseman, referring to Ray Wilbur. Wilbur ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Two Kansas teachers are being recognized as finalists for the Presidential Award for Excellence. The Kansas State Department of Education says two Kansas teachers, Luke Henke and ...

The members of Purna Loka, from left: Jeff Harshbarger, Purnaprajna Bangere, Amit Kavthekar and David Balakrishnan. Using math to interpret music is not new — Pythagoras supposedly discovered the ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Topeka, Kan., April 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new analysis from the Collaborative for Student Success finds a ...