The Kansas State Board of Education (KSBE) voted Tuesday, July 8 to not release any individual, building-, district- or state-level assessment scores for 2014, citing a cyber-attack and early system glitches that impacted the validity of some student scores.

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Tuesday, August 12, at 10:00 a.m., Board Room, Kansas State Department of Education, Landon State Office Building, 900 SW Jackson Street, Topeka  

Wednesday, August 13, 9:00 a.m., Board Room, Kansas State Department of Education, Landon State Office Building, 900 SW Jackson Street, Topeka  

The National Mentoring Partnership and the Big 12 Conference are joining the Coaches’ Mentoring Challenge to expand the reach and presence of this successful campaign to connect youth with caring adult mentors.  

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Tuesday, July 8, at 10:00 a.m., Board Room, Kansas State Department of Education, Landon State Office Building, 900 SW Jackson Street, Topeka  

Wednesday, July 9, 9:00 a.m., Board Room, Kansas State Department of Education, Landon State Office Building, 900 SW Jackson Street, Topeka  

TOPEKA – The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) today announced that eight educators from Spain and one educator from China will begin teaching in Kansas classrooms this fall as part of its Visiting International Teachers (VIT) program.