Updates concerning or relating to teaching and learning.
Vacation Time To Be Spent Working In Greensburg
I will be taking a bit of a vacation next week from being the editor of The Ledger. I will off starting the last week […]
Education
MHS Valedictorians Impress The Vogts
This past weekend was filled with graduation festivities for me. My brother, Troy, graduated from Salina Area Technical College with his welding certificates, and now […]
Handshakes Banned At WSU Graduation
This swine flu garbage has gone too far. My alma mater, Wichita State University, has cancelled the traditional handshakes during commencement, which will be taking […]
Kansans Allowed To Make Own Safety Decisions
The seemingly never-ending reach of the law was curbed Tuesday in Kansas as lawmakers in Topeka effectively shot down House Bill 2130, which would have […]
Enjoyable Sampler Festival Journey Ends In Extra Trip North
Kaitlin Moore, 17 of Concordia, Kan., pets a stuffed porcupine Saturday at the Kansas Sampler Festival in Concordia. The Festival is hosted by the Inman-based […]
KPA Conference Proves Vitality Of Community Journalism
Every now and then I get stopped on the street and asked if the newspaper business is going OK considering the slump in the economy, […]
Whitehead: Newspapers Are The Basis Of Democracy
This video is made by John Whitehead, who is a Constitutional attorney, author and founder and president of The Rutherford Institute, which is a 501(c)(3) […]
Remember Safety While Exercising Along Area Roadways
While driving out of town one afternoon last week, I witnessed something that was worrisome. Several youth clad in what appeared to be Moundridge High […]
Schrag Family Yields More Education Than College
I try to lead a busy life. I don’t like to sit still for very long. I want to be on the go. If I’m […]
Broadcast Journalist Bob Schieffer Speaks In Hutchinson
Bob Schieffer, CBS chief Washington correspondent and anchor and moderator of Face The Nation, spoke Tuesday in the Hutchinson (Kan.) Sports Arena as the first […]
Kansas Editor To Have Unique Coverage Of Obama Inauguration
If there is any doubt about the future of newspapers and journalism, those worries should be squelched right now. Kansas’ Dan Thalmann, publisher and editor […]
Watergate Informant Dies At 95
W. Mark Felt, the FBI informant who help Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein blow President Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal wide open, has […]