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High school students can ride Topeka buses for free for 2024-2025 academic year
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Topeka Metro is offering a special deal for local high school students for the upcoming academic school year. Keri Renner, director of marketing and communications with the Topeka Metro, issued a press release Thursday, July 25 that all area high school students holding a valid 2024-2025 student ID can ride metro […]
Washburn University welcomes new degree this fall
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Washburn University is introducing a new forensic investigation sciences degree this fall. The new degree will allow students to study crime scene investigation, fingerprint and firearm work. Students will get hands-on experience, and have the opportunity to work directly alongside the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI). Proffessor Kim Gerhardt-Whiddon with the University […]
Topeka Public Schools racing to fill jobs before the school year
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Topeka Public Schools is still hiring for dozens support staff jobs, with less than a month before the students first day. The district told 27 News that there are specific jobs they are having a hard time filling and these jobs come from outside the classroom “One of the big needs that […]
For Topeka's superintendent, Brown v. Board is a reminder of the importance of parent engagement
In 1951, a group of parents led the fight against Topeka Public Schools, resulting in the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, which helped to outlaw racial segregation in schools. Dr. Tiffany Anderson is now the first Black superintendent in the history of Topeka Public...
Topeka Rescue Mission accepting school supply donations
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - With another school year right around the corner, The Topeka Rescue Mission is working to get kids the supplies they need to succeed. TRM is now accepting school supply donations and sign-ups to receive supplies. Up to 450 families can sign up to get school supplies....
70 Kansas Student-Athletes Placed on Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Big 12 Conference announced the 2023-24 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team on Wednesday, with 762 student-athletes earning the honor. Kansas had 70 student-athletes recognized to the team. Of the Jayhawks' 70 honorees, 14 earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average (GPA) for the 2023-24 academic...
Lawrence Virtual School Students Win National STEM Competition
Lawrence Virtual School Students Win National STEM Competition. Three Lawrence Virtual School (LVS) students, Lawrence Dao and Daniel Dao, of Lawrence, Kansas, and Eian Pracht of Lindsborg, Kansas, along with team advisor Nancy Jackson won the 8th grade division of the 22nd annual eCYBERMISSION National Judging & Educational Event sponsored by the Army Educational Outreach Program on June 28 at the Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles hotel in Chantilly, Virginia. The students will each receive a $10,000 savings bond.
Congressional Hearing Exposes Decades of Mismanagement and Abuse at Haskell Indian Nations University
Members of Congress on Tuesday, July 23, held a joint hearing in Washington, D.C. to address decades of mismanagement, nepotism, and toxicity at Haskell Indian Nations University, a federally-operated school in Lawrence, Kansas. The two-hour hearing, convened by two House subcommittees, featured testimony from current and former leaders of Haskell,...
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