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Local students named Governor’s Scholar’s

At the invitation of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, Abigail Stiner and Taylor Huslig of Great Bend High School and Emily Jae Hammond of Hoisington High School were selected to attend the 33rd Annual Governor's Scholars Awards Program on May 1, in Topeka.

May 14, 2016 | Tribune Staff | Education

Above and Beyond students named

Great Bend Middle School announces the April through May Above and Beyond Winners. Each of these students was nominated by their teachers because they have gone above and beyond the call of duty in becoming a good citizen of GBMS. The students received a certificate and a pizza and pop luncheon with the school administrators.

May 14, 2016 | Tribune Staff | Education

25 years after the first charter school, model sees steady growth but results remain a work in progr

It's been 25 years since Minnesota launched the charter school movement in June of 1991, and after years of steady growth, charters are now a controversial but fixed piece of America's educational landscape, according to a group of experts gathered at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., recently to mark the upcoming anniversary of the first charter law.

May 11, 2016 | Eric Schulzke Deseret News | Education

Despite poverty and teen pregnancy, new National Teacher of the Year overcame challenges

The new National Teacher of the Year announced last week came from humble beginnings and faced textbook challenges, including a teen pregnancy. Jahana Hayes, who has taught in her hometown of Waterbury, Connecticut, high school for the past decade, now tries to offer her students the same support she got.

May 10, 2016 | Eric Schulzke Deseret News | Education

New online testing glitches leaving states flummoxed around the country

Tennessee last week became the latest state to cancel its standardized tests for the year, after glitches in the online testing system became unmanageable, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports.

May 08, 2016 | Eric Schulzke Deseret News | Education

Construction management program building popularity at Fort Hays State

The assistant project manager leaned back in a chair in his company's job trailer, and his face broke into a grin.

May 07, 2016 | Tribune Staff | Education

Hoisington is full of character

TOPEKA - Hoisington Middle School was honored May 6 at the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka as one of 25 Kansas schools and school districts offering excellent character education that focuses on students' social, emotional and character development.

May 06, 2016 | Special to the Tribune | Education

Why the value of a college degree doesn't come by accident

At the end of April and beginning of May, students across the nation trade in their textbooks and I.D. cards for a diploma. And, in many cases, a lot of debt.

May 04, 2016 | Mandy Morgan Deseret News | Education

This controversial law could help schools in Nevada struggling with growth booms

A controversial state law that would offer education savings accounts to all parents regardless of family income is tied up in the courts, with the state attorney general pushing this week for the state’s Supreme Court to step in and decide the law’s constitutionality.

May 02, 2016 | Eric Schulzke Deseret News | Education

Brookman leads SC Debate to sixth place national finish

The Sterling College Debate Team traveled to Muncie, Ind., to take another top-ten title with sophomore Gage Brookman forging new ground at the National Forensic Association Lincoln-Douglas Debate National Tournament. Brookman, of Hutchinson, finished third, marking the first time a Sterling College student has broken into the Elite Eight. The team took sixth place in Debate Sweepstakes, the school's second highest finish to date.