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Area schools find music helps kids hustle to class

BY SUZANNE PEREZ TOBIAS, The Wichita Eagle | Today at 2:11 a.m.

When kids at Truesdell Middle School hustle to class in the morning, they do it to "The Hustle."

  • District may join 'fair-funding' group

    BY LORI YOUNT, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 6 at 12:07 a.m.

    The Wichita school district may join dozens of other districts that have decided before to sue the state over lack of funding.

  • Regents seek ways to educate workers

    BY LORI YOUNT, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 3 at 11:03 p.m.

    As Kansas tries to increase the national profile of its state universities and cope with state budget cuts, higher education leaders said they want to know how to provide Kansas businesses with better prepared workers.

  • Can reducing the number of school districts solve state budget woes?

    BY JEANNINE KORANDA, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 2 at 5:56 a.m.

    TOPEKA — Kansas has 293 school districts ranging in size from West Solomon Valley in northwest Kansas with 39 students to Wichita with 49,744 students.

  • Report: Kansas test results average

    BY JOHN MILBURN, Associated Press | Oct. 30 at 1:08 a.m.

    TOPEKA — A federal report released Thursday places Kansas academic standards near the middle of the pack when compared with a benchmark national test.

  • Credit union opens branch inside Southeast High School

    BY SUZANNE PEREZ TOBIAS, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 28 at 6:18 a.m.

    Starting this week, students at Southeast High School can open a savings or checking account, use their debit card or apply for a zero-interest laptop loan at school.

  • Districts facing stricter graduation rate goals for funding

    BY LORI YOUNT, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 26 at 2:38 p.m.

    Going back to high school seemed "pretty crazy" to 20-year-old Louis Arnett. "Then I thought, 'Do I want to be a dropout forever?' " said Arnett, a Wichita East High School senior. Educators statewide have focused discussion this month on preventing dropouts, holding summits in Wichita. One question they are dealing with: How will schools measure progress — in numbers or individuals?

  • Education may face more cuts

    BY JOHN HANNA, Associated Press | Oct. 24 at 12:09 a.m.

    TOPEKA — New students in Kansas' public schools and declining property values have punched what could become a $70 million hole in the state's already shaky budget, a top education official confirmed Friday.

  • Hawaii parents object to statewide school closing

    BY MARK NIESSE, Associated Press | Oct. 24 at 12:09 a.m.

    HONOLULU — Hundreds of angry parents protested Hawaii's statewide public school shutdown Friday, saying their children are losing out on education because of government budget cuts.

  • Wichita man leaves KU $2.5 million for scholarships

    BY JEANNINE KORANDA, Eagle Topeka bureau | Oct. 22 at 12:09 a.m.

    Longtime Wichita businessman and University of Kansas alumnus Paul Brooker's estate has donated $2.5 million to the school's endowment for scholarships.

  • Official: Colleges don't prepare teachers

    BY LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press | Oct. 22 at 12:09 a.m.

    WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is calling for an overhaul of college programs that prepare teachers, saying they are cash cows that do a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the classroom.

  • Parents, educators, students seek solutions to dropout problem

    BY LORI YOUNT, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 21 at 5:29 a.m.

    Nearly 16 percent of Sedgwick County students dropped out before completing four years of high school in 2006-07, according to data from the Kansas State Department of Education.

  • KSU president works to improve transparency

    BY JOHN HANNA, Associated Press | Oct. 16 at 12:05 a.m.

    TOPEKA — Kansas State University's new president promised Thursday that the university will spell out next month how it plans to deal with issues raised by a state audit disclosing questionable financial transactions.

  • Goddard school chief puts off his retirement

    BY LORI YOUNT, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 16 at 12:05 a.m.

    The Goddard school board has asked superintendent Charles Edmonds to postpone his retirement for one year so he can continue to lead the suburban school district through tough budget years and the opening of new schools.

  • Smart start for kids

    BY LORI YOUNT, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 16 at 6:03 a.m.

    A unique early-childhood program is helping low-income students enter Wichita-area schools prepared to learn, according to data released by the Opportunity Project, or TOP.

  • State gives 127 excellence awards to Wichita schools

    BY LORI YOUNT, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 15 at 1:04 p.m.

    Wichita schools this year received 127 of the state's standard of excellence awards, eight more than 2008, according to state data released this week. The award requires a certain percentage of students to score higher than passing on state assessments.

  • School board approves teachers' contract

    BY LORI YOUNT, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 13 at 12:07 a.m.

    About 5,700 Wichita school district employees are now working under contract changes negotiated in a tough budget year, including a pay freeze and changes in health insurance benefits.

  • Recording, not song, at issue in N.J. school

    By Matthew Spolar, Philadelphia Inquirer | Oct. 13 at 12:07 a.m.

    BURLINGTON, N.J. —The Burlington Township N.J. schools superintendent stands behind the student performance of songs about President Obama that created a national stir last month.

  • Army may copy Wichita's middle school leadership program

    BY LORI YOUNT, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 12 at 5:26 a.m.

    The Leadership program in Wichita middle schools could be a model for a program that top Army and education officials want to take nationwide. Wichita is one of a handful of districts in the country that offers programs based on Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps curriculum to middle school students.

  • With low turnout, Wichita teachers OK contract

    BY SUZANNE PEREZ TOBIAS, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 7 at 12:06 a.m.

    Wichita teachers have approved a tentative contract that calls for a two-year salary freeze and possible health insurance premiums in exchange for fewer training hours, teachers union officials announced Tuesday.

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