Susan Rogers, first grade teacher at Derby Hills Elementary School, Derby USD 260, and Jason Peters, mathematics teacher at Hesston High School, Hesston USD 460, were named Region 4 finalists for the ...

The voting process of the Newton Kansan Athletes of the Week for Week 3 of the spring sports season has opened. The site is at This week’s nominees are: Boys C.J. Buffalo, senior, Newton High School, ...

Following a wave of schools and professional sports teams over the last 20 years scaling back usage of Native American-themed names, imagery, mascots and logos, the Democrat-led ...

Primitivo Garcia Elementary School is now home to the first-ever baseball and softball field in Kansas City Public Schools. Students and school leaders say it's more than just an athletic facility to ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — A Joplin elementary school teacher gets a big surprise Tuesday afternoon. Shanon Cooper is the transitional kindergarten teacher at Cecil Floyd Elementary School—and now she’s ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — U.S. Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) is pushing for public schools to bring back whole and reduced milk options in schools across the U.S. During a Senate Agriculture ...

A fire alarm at Newton Falls Elementary School prompted a full evacuation of the building Tuesday morning. Superintendent Andreas Johansson said in a statement that the alarm triggered an ...

The pressure goes beyond the classroom in the Monmouth County town of Middletown because to cut a $10 million budget gap, town officials want to close two elementary schools and combine three ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — A Joplin elementary school turns a children’s book into a reading experience. Students at Stapleton Elementary were introduced to the book, “Fenway and Hattie” during a ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Voting will begin Tuesday in the upcoming school and special election. November doesn’t seem like that long ago, but 4 months and 20 days went by pretty quickly, and it is ...

Philanthropy helps the school purchase and renovate buildings, Mbengue said, but its last fundraising push fell short of paying for a gym and auditorium for the older students. Combined, Kansas ...

Louise (Dick) Thieszen, 92, of North Newton, KS peacefully passed away on ... and a para-educator in special education with elementary and high school students in Little River and in Lyons ...