Benjamin Ryder

Opinion: Reflections From a Formerly Disengaged Teen

I didn’t want to go to college. Sometimes, when I look at how far I’ve come, I have to remember that fact, and then ...

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Fears Big Beautiful Bill Will Leave Both Cupboards and School Lunch Trays Empty

Barren cupboards at home during the summer. Empty stomachs at school in the fall. Advocates predict that may soon be the reality for many ...

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Rattlers Take Two of Three in Garden City

Due to rain in Garden City, the Liberal Rattlers played three games instead of four.  They played two Saturday at Lightner Field and one ...

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Missouri Lawmakers Ban Controversial Reading Instruction Model as Primary Method

Missouri lawmakers have banned educators from leaning on a model of reading instruction called the “three-cueing” method as part of a bipartisan education package ...

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Derby Out-Slugs Bee Jays

The Liberal Bee Jays spent the weekend in the Wichita area.  After a rainout Saturday night, the B.J.’s and Derby Twins played one nine ...

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An Oklahoma Teacher Took a Leap of Faith. She Ended Up Winning State Teacher of the Year

OKLAHOMA CITY — Those who knew Melissa Evon the best “laughed really hard” at the thought of her teaching family and consumer sciences, formerly ...

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Opinion: Family Structure Matters to Student Achievement. What Should We Do With That?

SubStack A recent report from the University of Virginia— Good Fathers, Flourishing Kids — confirms what many of us know instinctively but rarely see, ...

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Medicaid Cuts in Trump Tax Bill Spark Fears for Child Health, School Services

In a few weeks, Felesia Bowen will hop in a van and begin driving across Alabama, visiting communities that struggle to access primary health ...

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Opinion: As DOE and Title IX Are Dismantled, The Promise of Equal Opportunity Is at Risk

As Secretary Linda McMahon works to shutter the U.S. Department of Education and the Trump administration returns to its 2020 Title IX regulations, gender ...

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SWMC Welcomes Nurse Practitioner Saira Ugarte to Knudsen Clinic for Women’s Health

By Janeth Vazquez By Janeth Vazquez Liberal, Kansas — Southwest Medical Center is proud to welcome Saira Ugarte, APRN-CNM , as the newest nurse ...

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