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The Kansas Board of Regents has banned state universities from requiring prospective students, potential hires and staffers seeking promotion to disclose their views on diversity initiatives.
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The more than $300 million campus will centralize the health care programs for WSU, WSU Tech and the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita.
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Consultants hired by the Wichita school board say the district has too many small elementary schools and can’t afford to maintain them all. The firm is developing a proposal that could involve closing some school buildings. They plan to present options to the board before the end of this school year.
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The 8-year-old boy, a member of the Wyandotte Nation, started growing his hair out after attending the Nation's annual gathering. School officials at a Gerard elementary warned his family that his hair needed to be cut to comply with the dress code, which the ACLU says violates his religious freedom.
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The St. Marys city commission, all of whom are members of a conservative religious sect, has threatened for years to pull the lease of the public library if it doesn't remove "divisive" materials. More than a dozen books were taken out of the youth section, and it's not clear how many more could be removed in the future.
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Board member Danny Zeck, a Republican from Leavenworth, alternately cursed, waved books he objected to, and raised concerns about the “Marxist lesbian” in charge of the American Library Association during a Kansas State Board of Education meeting this week, as other board members tried to redirect the conversation.
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All students received free school meals during the pandemic. That ended after the 2021-22 school year, but several states in the Midwest have expanded access to school meals this school year.
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Kelly Bielefeld was named the Wichita school district's next superintendent. He will earn more than his predecessor, Alicia Thompson.
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Two years after a vote to change its controversial mascot name, Wichita North High unveiled its new logo.
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Superintendent Brent Yeager, who oversees the second-largest school district in Kansas, told state lawmakers that a major reason for resignations among teachers was the negative portrayals of educators as unprofessional and unworthy of respect.
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In the race for the District 3 seat on the Kansas Board of Education, voters will choose between two candidates who diverge on curriculum, how schools discuss mental health and other hot-button issues.
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The Government Accountability Office has released a report analyzing the nationwide teacher shortage in the US. The report lists low pay and a growing negative perception of teachers as the top reasons for dropping retention rates within the profession.