KASB News

Taking Notes: Kansas has standards

Posted Date: 07/16/2021

I bet most of us don’t give much thought to all the training, research, and just difficult brain work that has gone into preparing that professional teacher standing in front of the classroom . . .

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Budget Process Allows Districts to Explain How Increased Funding Improves Education

Posted Date: 07/15/2021

A new process for adopting district budgets may help schools give patrons more information on how those spending plans will improve education. The 2021 Legislature passed new requirements for . . .

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`I think you're beautiful,' student video praised by State Board of Education

Posted Date: 07/15/2021

Highland Park High School's Jacqui Ortega said she wanted to show the beauty of her school . . .

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Clay County USD 379 talks to State Board about its `Summer of Learning'

Posted Date: 07/13/2021

To help their students recover, school officials put together a program that emphasized fun, local engagement and field trips . . .

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Apollo III schools and districts announced in next round of Kansans Can School Redesign

Posted Date: 07/13/2021

Now 194 schools in 71 districts have undergone or are undergoing the redesign process . . .

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Commissioner Watson announces 50-city Kansans Can Success Tour

Posted Date: 07/13/2021

The upcoming tour will start Mon. July 26 in Salina, Concordia and Beloit . . .

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Part 2: What should a Kansas high school diploma mean?

Posted Date: 07/06/2021

A State Board task force is studying possible changes in requirements to graduate from Kansas high schools. . . .

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Part 1: How high school graduation requirements developed

Posted Date: 07/01/2021

The Kansas State Board of Education has appointed a Task Force to study what should be required for students to graduate from high school. The question is whether the state should continue to use a . . .

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Improving student success in every district: how will it be measured?

Posted Date: 06/15/2021

School boards have received expanded resources to improve student outcomes, and the state has set some specific indicators of progress. . . .

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New reports shows Kansas K-12 per pupil funding continues to lag nation and region

Posted Date: 06/08/2021

The Gannon plan has stopped the slide, but school funding has not recovered ground last since 2009. . . .

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