Skip to the content
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Contact us
  • Submit news
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Lawrence, US – 75 F
Expand search form
The Lawrence Times
  • Home
    • ALL Latest posts
    • ICYMI
    • Investigations
  • Lawrence
    • ALL Latest posts
    • Business
      • Lawrence Lowdown
      • Restaurants & food
    • Crime & Courts
      • Police blotter
      • The Murder of Tiger Dowdell
      • Who killed Nick Rice?
    • Education
      • Academic excellence
      • Graduation
      • Haskell
      • KU
        • KU Athletics
          • National champs! KU 2022
      • Lawrence K-12 schools
        • Lawrence Public Schools budget
        • Lawrence schools closure news
    • Election 2025
    • Events
    • Federal fallout
    • Good news
    • Health
      • Abortion stories
    • Homelessness & housing
    • ICYMI
    • Investigations
    • Local government
      • Election 2025
      • City government
      • County government
      • Archives: Election 2024
      • Archives: Election 2023
      • Archives: Election 2022
      • Archives: Election 2021
    • News you can use
    • Public safety
      • Police blotter
    • Weather
  • State
    • Federal fallout
    • State government
  • Life
    • Arts & events
    • Events calendar
    • Food
    • Good news
    • Health
    • Kaw Valley Almanac
    • Local history
      • Who killed Nick Rice?
      • The Murder of Tiger Dowdell
    • LTTV
    • News you can use
    • Raven Bestsellers
    • Views + Moments
    • 785 Collective
  • Events
    • Arts & events coverage
    • Community calendar
    • Submit an event
  • Obituaries
    • Latest obituaries
    • Submit a free obituary
  • Resources
    • Abortion in Kansas
    • Community resources
    • Contact elected officials
      • Contact Douglas County commissioners
      • Contact Lawrence city commissioners
      • Contact Lawrence school board
      • Contact state & federal legislators
    • Cool off in Lawrence
    • Get warm in Lawrence
    • Free meals in Lawrence
    • Listings
    • Marriages & divorces
    • News you can use
    • Police blotter
    • Real estate transactions
    • Severe weather resources
    • Submit a free obituary
    • Weather
  • Jobs
  • Opinion
    • Send us a letter
    • Letters to the Times
    • Opinion columns
    • Org corner
    • 785 Collective
  • Support & subscribe
    • Learn more
    • Subscribe now
    • Get our emails
    • Advertise
    • About us
      • Award-winning journalism
      • Work with us
    • Contact us
    • Meet the news team
    • Merch
    • Manage subscription
    • Update billing info
Menu
State Government April 29, 2022 - 9:33 am

Kansas Democrat threatens to recruit parents to sue schools for lack of honest history lessons

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Rep. Valdenia Winn offered a proposal to House Republicans: If they were to override the governor’s veto of legislation installing a parental bill of rights, she would recruit parents to file lawsuits over the lack of honest history lessons in public schools.

Education February 25, 2022 - 7:22 pm

‘We have to grow the hell up,’ Eddie Glaude Jr. says at KU antiracism talk

by Mackenzie Clark

Every moment that it seems as if we’re on the cusp of change, we double down on our ugliness, Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. told a crowd at the Kansas Union Friday afternoon. 

Education February 17, 2022 - 2:02 pm

Education committees clash over legitimacy of bill of rights legislation for Kansas parents

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

“Educational bills of rights for parents” under consideration in Kansas House and Senate committees were supported by seven people and faced opposition from more than 100 people who submitted testimony.

Celia Llopis-Jepsen / Kansas News Service
Education February 15, 2022 - 1:19 pm

Kansas lawmakers want schools to post class lessons online as a tool against critical race theory

by Suzanne Perez, Kansas News Service

In the battle over critical race theory and how to teach about topics like racism or history in Kansas schools, conservative activists and lawmakers have a new clarion call: curriculum transparency.

State Government January 30, 2022 - 10:51 pm

Kansas lawmakers rebrand complaints with public education in push for ‘school choice’

by Sherman Smith and Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Lawmakers in the Kansas House began laying the groundwork last week for redirecting taxpayer money from public to private schools by holding a two-hour hearing on complaints two parents have with diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Community Voices January 10, 2022 - 9:47 am

Mark McCormick: Does CRT make white students feel bad? Try being a Black student (Column)

by Mark McCormick, Kansas Reflector

“So much of the ever-changing debate about critical race theory — a term for an academic body of work not taught in K-12 public schools — centers the feelings of white students. We rarely seem concerned about how Black students have felt in public schools,” Mark McCormick writes in this column for Kansas Reflector.

Screenshot
Lawrence Life December 6, 2021 - 10:20 pm

Clint Smith explains ‘critical race theory boogeyman’ in Lawrence talk

by Mackenzie Clark

Vocal opponents of critical race theory aim to perpetuate the myth of meritocracy and the single story of American exceptionalism, author Clint Smith told the crowd at Liberty Hall Monday night.

Education December 1, 2021 - 4:31 pm

Hearing on critical race theory in Kansas schools veers into sex, religion and supposition

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

A state education official told lawmakers Wednesday they need to “stop calling everything under the sun” critical race theory if they want to work together to improve student achievement.

Education July 14, 2021 - 9:35 am

Kansas education official reiterates critical race theory was ‘never, ever’ part of school curriculum

by Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector

As Kansas schools face mounting pressure from parents and lawmakers to ban critical race theory from classrooms, education officials are reiterating that the college-level study is not part of the state curriculum.

Top Posts & Pages

  • Motorcyclist killed in crash in southwestern Lawrence
    Motorcyclist killed in crash in southwestern Lawrence
  • Drivers should expect delays on K-10 for widening work in Lawrence
    Drivers should expect delays on K-10 for widening work in Lawrence
  • Lawrence library to sell books, CDs and more for summer fundraiser
    Lawrence library to sell books, CDs and more for summer fundraiser
  • City commissioners talk funding for Lawrence Loop during first discussion of 2026 budget proposal
    City commissioners talk funding for Lawrence Loop during first discussion of 2026 budget proposal
  • Lawrence Art Guild announces change in volunteer leadership
    Lawrence Art Guild announces change in volunteer leadership

Get our newsletters

Never miss a story. Sign up for our emails.


Quick links

  • ALL Latest posts
  • Community resources
  • Contact us
  • Events
  • Job listings
  • Support & subscribe
Support the Times

Follow us

More information

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Contact us
  • Submit news

Paid supporter accounts

  • Update your account
  • Update your billing info
  • Your profile

Current Top Posts

  • Motorcyclist killed in crash in southwestern Lawrence
    Motorcyclist killed in crash in southwestern Lawrence
  • Drivers should expect delays on K-10 for widening work in Lawrence
    Drivers should expect delays on K-10 for widening work in Lawrence
  • Lawrence library to sell books, CDs and more for summer fundraiser
    Lawrence library to sell books, CDs and more for summer fundraiser
  • City commissioners talk funding for Lawrence Loop during first discussion of 2026 budget proposal
    City commissioners talk funding for Lawrence Loop during first discussion of 2026 budget proposal
  • Lawrence Art Guild announces change in volunteer leadership
    Lawrence Art Guild announces change in volunteer leadership
  • Lawrence community helps Haskell students after university pulled housing between semesters
    Lawrence community helps Haskell students after university pulled housing between semesters
  • Tai Amri Spann-Ryan: Lawrence organizations need to center healing in their work (Column)
    Tai Amri Spann-Ryan: Lawrence organizations need to center healing in their work (Column)

The Lawrence Times

Copyright © 2025 The Lawrence Times.

The Lawrence Times is a Lawrence, Kansas owned and operated publication covering key news and providing important information for the Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas, community.

We operate without a paywall so that everyone can read our coverage, regardless of ability to pay. Please click here to support us if you are able.

The Times is a proud “aspiring entrepreneur” member of Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers.

We are happy to consider individual requests to republish content; however, no content from this site may be republished without express permission.

Close Menu