About 23% of third graders, or nearly 12,000 students, scored below the required reading level last spring. But fewer than 3% were ultimately held back, according to newly provided state data.

SB241 would allow schools to hold back third graders who can't read at grade level. But it would also introduce more reading tests for younger students — and new supports. Here's everything that would ...

Be prepared with additional items of varying sizes. Items that are too small (such as a dime) and too large (such as the opening of an umbrella) tend to be less accurate. After the measurements have ...

Both Bays and Vahsholtz were selected last year as the district’s 2026 Kansas Teacher of the Year nominees for secondary and elementary education. To Bays, education is “a reflection of anybody who ...