public education

Sixth grader Lizzy Chobad is selling T-shirts as a fundraiser to combat school meal debt in the Valley Center school district.

As commissioner, Jake Steel will lead the Kansas State Department of Education in overseeing the state’s K-12 public schools.

Kansas lawmakers are on their annual break and will return next week to vote on potentially overriding the governor's vetoes.

Voters in USD 259 narrowly rejected a $450 million bond proposal in February of last year.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed portions of a school budget bill that could hurt some rural districts. That line-item veto could set up a court fight between Kelly and the Kansas Legislature over the governor’s powers to tweak a funding bill crammed with policy changes.

KMUW's Engage ICT convened to discuss the nationwide controversy regarding textbooks, library books, and lesson plans and the local implications.

The Kansas Senate Minority leader has raised questions about the chairman of the state Senate Education Committee's decision to send education bills to…

Governor Sam Brownback, school officials and other community organizations will announce a plan on Thursday to improve reading proficiency among…

A Kansas Supreme Court Justice Eric Rosen said during a hearing Tuesday he worries about "constant litigation" if the court sides with school districts…

Some foreign-born teachers working in Topeka may have to return to their home countries.Topeka's school district started recruiting teachers from overseas…