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Applications open for 2025 Douglas County Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge; entry is free
A local competition offers a platform for Douglas County youth to pitch their business ideas and earn cash prizes.
Applications open for 2025 Douglas County Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge; entry is free
A local competition offers a platform for Douglas County youth to pitch their business ideas and earn cash prizes.
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Lawrence High School student artists earn national recognition
Two Lawrence High School students have earned national YoungArts awards, acknowledging them as promising creatives of their generation.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Free State High School student given award for saving teacher’s life
Lucas Fearn, a senior at Free State High School, was recognized Wednesday with a high honor from the American Red Cross: the organization’s Lifesaving Award.
We’re launching a Lawrence Public Schools community network. Here’s how to join us
The Lawrence Times is launching a community network to help us better cover all things newsworthy within Lawrence Public Schools.
August Rudisell / Lawrence Times file photo
Some Lawrence schools having heat issues; district says ‘dress in layers’
The Lawrence school district is telling students and staff to bundle up as several school buildings or classrooms are having heat problems, up against outdoor temperatures as low as the teens and only as high as the 30s.
‘Good Morning Indian Country’ to receive media development training through $100K grant
A news program led by Native American students attending Haskell and KU has been awarded with a grant to propel the students’ professional careers.
Lawrence student journalists recognized for fighting district’s use of AI surveillance
Four student journalists have been recognized for their courage in defending freedom of the press during their senior year at Lawrence High School.
Lawrence school board gives cell phone policy initial approval after district suggests ‘guidance’ in opposition
Lawrence school board members on Monday gave initial approval to a draft cell phone policy, despite district administrators proposing guidance that directly conflicts with the draft as it’s written.
Lawrence parents weigh advantages, concerns of cell phone-free schools; school board to vote on policy
A new policy imposing a cell-phone free instructional day is on the table, and while some Lawrence parents believe it would better support teachers, others said they’re worried about the safety implications.
Snapchat alerts FBI to threat of gun violence to Lawrence High; police say it wasn’t credible
Snapchat alerted the FBI to a threat a student allegedly made to Lawrence High School, but a local investigation found that the threat wasn’t credible, school officials said Friday.
Emerging blueprint spells out details of Kansas initiative to improve literacy instruction
Developers of the state’s new student literacy initiative are pushing ahead with plans to create university centers of excellence and a special credential tied to retraining teachers in a quest to have 90% of third- to eighth-grade students read at or above grade level.
KHDE awards funding to KU program for sexual assault prevention initiative
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment awarded a grant to the Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Program at KU for a new prevention initiative that will extend beyond just the university.
Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
Lawrence school board committee to recommend prohibiting cell phone use during school
A draft cell phone policy would prohibit Lawrence school district students from using their phones during school hours, but some exceptions are included and discipline is not a focus of the policy.
Tom Harper/Contributed photo
Watson Library’s centennial celebration to culminate with time capsule
Watson Library at KU is turning 100 this year, and staff will wrap up centennial celebrations by archiving a time capsule to be opened in 2124.
Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
In Lawrence talk, death row exoneree calls for jurors to pay attention, stand against injustice
The one thing every wrongful death row conviction has in common is that the jury got it wrong, Herman Lindsey, a death row exoneree, said Saturday at the Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty conference in Lawrence.
About 1,500 Kansas students change school districts under new open enrollment policy
Kansas school districts showed caution in allowing transfers through a new open enrollment option that lets students attend school outside their home district, data presented Wednesday to the Kansas State Board of Education showed.
