District blends classes with student paced learning shift
Lawrence district expands blended classrooms to free students from front of room lectures. By 2018 the program covers 75 to 80 new classes yearly with 675000 budget for equipment and 375000 annually for furniture. Teachers report higher engagement and productivity as students choose pace and method.
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Barr
Andy Bricker
Lawrence High School
Lawrence
Rick Doll
James Basham
Kansas University
Department of Special Education
Angelique Kobler
Kobler
Open records request may reveal state law shortcomings
A heavily redacted Kansas State University one page response to a newspaper open records request highlights flaws in the states law. The Topeka Capital Journal sought emails between Kent Glasscock and Shawn Sullivan about Gov Brownbacks budget, but most pages were nearly blacked out. A First Amendment expert calls the redactions hard to challenge, noting the exemption targets internal deliberations but may cover outside participants.
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Kansas State University
Topeka Capital- Journal
Kent Glasscock
Institute For Commercialization
Shawn Sullivan
Sam Brownback
Mike Merriam
Topeka
Capital Journal
Wichita Eagle
David Kensinger
Mark Dugan
Brownback
Capital-Journal
Kansas State
Kensinger
Dugan
Kansas
Merriam
Lawrence choir director Welch celebrated for youth work
Welch, artistic director at LCC since 2012 and former Lawrence public schools music teacher, earns praise for combining high quality music with work with kids. Her leadership, lit choices, and dual role with a senior citizen choir highlight a lifelong love of music and education.
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Carttar
Welch
LCC
Lawrence
Lawrence Public Schools
Kansas Music Educators Association
Janeal Krehbiel
Krehbiel
LCC Senior Citizen
Drought risks rise with climate warming study says
Researchers using historic tree ring data project at least an 80 percent chance of a 35 year mega drought in the late century. Lead author Benjamin Cook of NASA Goddard, with Toby Ault and Jason Smerdon, warned future drought risk could exceed medieval dryness and is influenced by greenhouse gas emissions.
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California
Benjamin Cook
NASA Goddard Institute For Space Studies
Cook
Toby Ault
Cornell University
Jason Smerdon
Lamont- Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University
San Jose
Ault
United States
Mail news address changes to Lawrence Journal World
Reader instruction directs sending address changes to Lawrence Journal World at P O Box 888 Lawrence KS 66044 0888 with postmaster handling and city mailing details referenced.
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New Hampshire St
Lawrence
Lawrence Journal-World
P.O
Kraemer and Stites Families Welcome Daughters
Aaron Kraemer and Jessica Kraemer of Topeka welcome a girl born Sunday. Evelyn Stites and Michael Lee of Lawrence welcome a girl born Sunday.
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Aaron
Jessica Kraemer
Topeka
Evelyn Stites
Michael Lee
Lawrence
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