KASB News

Distributions and Deviations and Ranges, Oh My!

Posted Date: 11/27/2019

Ted Carter KASB Chief Data Officer tcarter@kasb.org Recently, I shared an article on averages and how they can be misleading. This article will expand on that and talk about how the nature of the . . .

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KASB Enrollment Projections Indicate Slight Decline Through 2023-24

Posted Date: 02/27/2020

Ted Carter KASB Chief Data Officer tcarter@kasb.org KASB’s annual enrollment projection indicates that enrollment numbers will gradually decline from 499,034 in 2018-19 to 490,383 in 2023-24, . . .

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What the Heck is a Likert Scale?

Posted Date: 04/08/2020

Ted Carter KASB Chief Data Officer tcarter@kasb.org I am confident I know what a Likert scale is. 5 = Strongly Agree 4 = Agree 3 = Neutral 2 = Disagree 1 = Strongly Disagree Chances are . . .

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Salaries According to KSDE

Posted Date: 04/29/2020

Ted Carter KASB Chief Data Officer tcarter@kasb.org Every year the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) collects and reports data on Superintendent, Principal, and Teacher Salaries. This . . .

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Source and Purpose

Posted Date: 05/01/2020

Ted Carter KASB Chief Data Officer tcarter@kasb.org I have written several pieces in recent months aimed to help consumers of information get a better feel for what is good research and what is . . .

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KASB staff members show appreciation for teachers

Posted Date: 05/05/2020

Nearly all of us have had a teacher who inspired us to do our best, or maybe prodded us to do at least a little better. In honor of National Teacher Appreciation Day, KASB staff offered . . .

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Kansas’ Tabatha Rosproy named 2020 National Teacher of the Year

Posted Date: 05/21/2020

Tabatha Rosproy often accompanied her mother, a nurse, to the nursing home where her mother worked. Tabatha C. Rosproy Tabatha said as a child she connected well with the elderly residents. It’s . . .

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KASB President’s Perspective: Let grace, compassion, patience lead the way

Posted Date: 05/27/2020

By Shannon Kimball KASB President Lawrence USD 497 The 2019-2020 school year has ended—whew! The last nine weeks of the school year seemed to last for an entire calendar year all by itself. We have . . .

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KASB President Kimball named to national group

Posted Date: 06/15/2020

KASB President Shannon Kimball has been appointed to the board of directors of the National School Boards Action Center, which advocates at the federal level to advance public education. Kimball, . . .

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KASB fills new Member Engagement Department

Posted Date: 08/31/2020

Three employees have been hired to fill out the new KASB Member Engagement Department. Joining KASB will be Alec Madrigal, digital media specialist; Rachel Thomas, member engagement specialist and . . .

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