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The Derby Board of Education listens to a member of the public during its meeting on Monday.

How to attend, watch or comment at Wichita-area school board meetings

by Rafael Garcia October 27, 2021December 12, 2022

Wichita Board of Education candidates Julie Hedrick, Ben Blankley, Mia Turner, Holly Terrill and Ron Rosales.

Wichita Board of Education candidates weigh in on COVID, engagement and diversity

by Rafael Garcia October 20, 2021August 7, 2022

The F word families dread: FAFSA season is here

by Rafael Garcia October 15, 2021August 7, 2022

Terrance Brobst wraps his arm around friend Jackson Fasig as they walk out of Nelson Elementary School on Oct. 1. Walking to school together is one of the pair’s favorite parts of their mornings. (Alex Unruh/The Beacon)

Few Wichita students walk to school. Here’s why they should.

by Rafael Garcia October 5, 2021August 7, 2022

Carla Garza, a senior at Wichita East High School, demonstrates a Mexican folk dance during the Latine Heritage Month Celebration at Wichita State University on Sept. 15.

Wichita State betting on Hispanics becoming 25% of all students by 2030

by Rafael Garcia September 27, 2021August 7, 2022

Students, including those at Wichita East High School, are finishing the first few weeks of their second year of pandemic learning.

Lunch. Soccer. Class. COVID. Wichita students on starting new year of pandemic learning

by Rafael Garcia September 23, 2021August 7, 2022

Wichita Public Schools speech pathologist Jennifer Owen, who specializes in augmentative and alternative communications, high-fives Bryan Stoner after completing a communications exercise at Northeast Magnet on Aug. 25.

How does Wichita Public Schools spend an average $15,000 per student?

by Rafael Garcia September 2, 2021August 7, 2022

Second-grade teacher Kora Snavely works with students on an English project at Meadowlark Elementary in Andover on Aug. 17, 2021.

First-year teachers are Kansas’ future — if schools can keep them

by Rafael Garcia August 19, 2021August 7, 2022

Where the money comes from to teach Kansas students

by Rafael Garcia August 12, 2021August 7, 2022

How the science of reading could revolutionize literacy for Wichita’s struggling students

by Rafael Garcia July 29, 2021August 7, 2022