Topeka? Kansas has the nation’s worst science standards for public schools, a national education group says, condemning the state for rewriting its definition of science and treating evolution as a ...

TOPEKA, Kan. – Revisiting a topic that exposed Kansas to nationwide ridicule six years ago, the state Board of Education approved science standards for public schools Tuesday that cast doubt on the ...

(TNS) — Two years ago, Nick Poels decided he wanted K-12 students in his rural Kansas community of 2,500 to learn to code. Kids in Phillipsburg soon had a brand-new computer lab, and Poels hoped 20 or ...

TOPEKA, Kan. – An anti-evolution group filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to block Kansas from using new, multistate science standards in its public schools, arguing the guidelines promote atheism and ...

Kansas is set to adopt science standards that encourage the exploration of alternatives to the theory of evolution. Science groups are mobilizing to oppose the changes. The groups have said they will ...

The Kansas Board of Education is thinking about reviewing science standards, but with a twist.Kansas and Missouri may join other states in a national review of how science is taught in the ...

We often associate April with the showers that bring May flowers, and of course, April Fool’s Day. But there’s more to April than that. April is Citizen Science Month. For many people “science” is the ...

Taylor Howell works on a Java coding assignment in Lisa Whallon's class at Olathe Northwest High School. A teenager wakes up, gets ready for school. Slips a smartphone into her pocket on the way out ...

Students in Phillipsburg, Kansas use a new computer lab that opened before the pandemic. This photo was taken in 2019. It has 25 workstations with self-guided curriculum for computer science and ...

At its July board meeting, the Kansas State Board of Education voted 6-4 for Kansas to apply to be one of four to six "lead states" developing the Next Generation National Science Standards. Currently ...

The Kansas school board has approved new multistate science standards for public schools that treat evolution and climate change as key concepts to be taught from kindergarten through the 12th grade.