WICHITA, Kansas — Kansas teachers that don’t feel safe going back to crowded hallways as schools reopen could take medical leave or teach online. But at the many districts that don’t have those options, teachers…

It has been seven years since the central air conditioning system worked at the New York City middle school where Lisa Fitzgerald O’Connor teaches. As a new school year approaches amid the coronavirus pandemic, she…

Reopening Kansas schools this fall is a gamble.  The COVID-19 new infections rate and death rate are still rising at this writing.  Will returning to school-site learning be safe?  Will it increase the spread of…

Derek Schmidt weighed in last week that Kansas school boards could likely sidestep Gov. Laura Kelly’s request that teachers, staff and students wear face masks in an effort to ward off the spread of COVID-19…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ Republican attorney general said Thursday that he believes both counties and local school districts can exempt themselves from the Democratic governor’s coronavirus-inspired order requiring schools to have staff and students…

Thursday was a day of mixed messages for those in public education. If in a “hot spot” of high rates of coronavirus, schools should postpone opening, President Donald Trump advised Thursday.  But if they delay,…

Area school district officials said they’re uncertain when schools will open now that the Kansas Board of Education has ruled that it’s up to each district. On Wednesday, state education leaders failed to support Gov.…

The Kansas Board of Education couldn’t meet in person Wednesday because indoor gatherings aren’t safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. So they met virtually, via Zoom, and rejected Gov. Laura Kelly’s order to delay the start…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Local school boards in Kansas will be allowed to reopen elementary, middle and high schools in mid-August as they normally would, despite a surge in coronavirus cases in the state.  The…

The big decision of the past week was the governor’s delay of the start of public schools in Kansas, which strikes us as a prudent move. Virus numbers are surging throughout the state, including the…