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SIERRA REYES, 4, FIGHTS BACK TEARS as she watches her father, Thomas Reyes, grieve May 10 during a vigil for victims of a quadruple homicide in Ottawa.
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Kansas among 22 states not aligning diploma with new standards By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com
Students in Lawrence and throughout Kansas are now being taught English and math according to the Common Core standards, which are supposed to ensure that they’re ready for college or the workplace by the time they graduate. This misalignment But in Kansas means that students and most other states that have may graduate unpreadopted the pared for college and Common Core, careers.” there is still no requirement for students to — A spokesman for Achieve, prove they’ve a nonprofit organization that met those stan- helped create the core standards dards in order to earn a diploma. And officials at the Kansas State Department of Education say that’s not likely to change anytime soon. “We’ve never had that conversation in Kansas,” said Brad Neuenswander, deputy education commissioner for learning services. “Some states (such as New York) require passing a state assessment by your senior year to graduate. We’ve never had that
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A MASTER OF ARTS GRADUATE is lost in a shower of bubbly May 19 during commencement ceremonies at Kansas University. LEFT: TWO-YEAR-OLD RYLEE MUTHS puts her mark on a 14-foot-plus snowman Feb. 25 at 219 Lyons St. Chad Bowen, his sons Caleb, Mason and Carson and friend Josh Hout made the snowman.
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KANSAS GUARD BEN MCLEMORE roars after dunking against Texas during a comeback run by the Jayhawks Jan. 19 in Austin.
Airport touting easy access, shorter lines, cheap parking By Sara Shepherd sshepherd@ljworld.com
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KU’S SAFETY DEXTER LINTON tries to stop Texas Christian University’s wide receiver Brandon Carter Oct. 12.
Falley, director of communications at the business school. Not that a new sixstory, state-of-the art building is going up in their place. Meanwhile the architectural team for the new building has been presenting design concepts to the school. One of the lead architects on the project, Brian Vitale of the Chicago-based firm Gensler, describes the design process as “research-oriented.” “We want to make sure we gather all
Need to fly to Chicago or beyond? Lawrence residents soon will have an alternative to Kansas City International Airport: Topeka Regional Airport. Locals say the convenience of the smaller airport is enticing but — being roughly halfway between the two — choosing Topeka over Kansas City will come down to whether flight times fit with their travel plans. Beginning Jan. 7, United Express 50-passenger regional jets are scheduled to depart for Chicago O’Hare at 6 a.m. and 2:54 p.m. daily from Topeka Regional Airport, located at Forbes Field in southeast Topeka. Tickets cost the same as United flights from Kansas City, according to fares listed Friday on United’s website (leaving Jan. 11, you’d pay $200 round trip for a week or $261 for the weekend). “That’s a good thing for both Lawrence and Topeka, and the surrounding communities,”
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KU business school designs look to future By Ben Unglesbee bunglesbee@ljworld.com
The Kansas University School of Business has raised more than $55 million for a new building to replace Summerfield Hall and is closer than ever to realizing a major goal of Dean Neeli Bendapudi’s, one she brought with her when she started at KU. But first thing’s first: building new tennis courts. Before breaking ground and laying the foundation, the university be-
Windy, cold
gan construction this month on replacement tennis courts for those currently on Naismith Drive across from Allen Fieldhouse. Those courts are in the unfortunate position of sitting on the future site Bendapudi of the new building. It’s become a running joke within the school during the past year. “The big story was that the tennis courts are moving,” said Austin
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