Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Score declines, accelerated during COVID, saw Kansas lose about 20 years worth of increases on the National Assessment for ...

Imagine walking into an eighth-grade classroom in Kansas in 1895, and being handed an arithmetic exam with no calculator, no ...

Topeka, Kan., April 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- A new analysis from the Collaborative for Student Success finds a troubling disconnect in Kansas between rising high school graduation rates and how ...

A legislative effort to ban Kansas’ standards for teaching math and English has resurfaced in the Legislature for a fourth year in a row. This year’s version, HB 2676, passed out of the House ...

Remember a time when four in five Kansas students were considered proficient in math and reading? That may have sounded pretty good, but it all depended on the definition of “proficient.” Next week ...

In James Bell’s math class at Chapman High School, sophomores are trying to pinpoint exactly where two lines cross. The ...

The members of Purna Loka, from left: Jeff Harshbarger, Purnaprajna Bangere, Amit Kavthekar and David Balakrishnan. Using math to interpret music is not new — Pythagoras supposedly discovered the ...

High school graduation requirements for Kansas students soon may be changing, and the Kansas Board of Regents this week weighed in with a couple of suggestions: More math and more paperwork. But those ...

One of Lawrence’s best known and most respected teachers has been named to the Kansas Teachers’ Hall of Fame. “He’s a legend,” said Lawrence school Supt. Randy Weseman, referring to Ray Wilbur. Wilbur ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Several Kansas teachers have been named recipients of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. PAEMST are the nation’s highest honor for ...