Kansas State Department of Education

This is the first time the Kansas assessment scale has changed in nearly a decade. The State Board of Education also approved new descriptors for test levels that highlight proficiency.

Missouri and Kansas public schools enroll thousands of fewer students compared to before the pandemic, in part, because of a homeschooling boom and declining birth rates.

Low wages and high stress have propelled educators to leave the profession.

In the span of an hour, the air in a classroom should effectively change four to six times, replaced with outdoor air and appropriately recycled indoor air.

At least in coronavirus hotspots like Wyandotte and Johnson counties, it’s starting to seem like Gov. Laura Kelly will get her way.

Delaying the start of school until Sept. 9 must be approved by the Kansas State Board of Education, which approved reopening guidelines on Wednesday.

Kansas education officials have approved new guidelines for school during the pandemic, including the expectation that older students wear masks in class.

TOPEKA, Kansas — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has ordered all of the state’s schools closed for the rest of the academic year, the first governor in the U.S. to do so.

Information’s great. But what about insight? A fresh University of Kansas study contends state educators put too much emphasis on data and too little on...

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Vaping at Kansas schools is reaching epidemic proportions, prompting the Kansas State Board of Education to launch a concerted campaign against it. ...

The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday effectively ended a nearly decade-long lawsuit by ruling that state lawmakers finally sent enough money to local school…