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KSDE Website Redesign -
KSDE is currently in the process of redesigning its Agency website. The new site will go live on December 15 and will feature a number of enhancements including user-friendly navigation, faster performance, and better responsiveness to mobile technologies.  Please be advised that if you have bookmarks for the current KSDE website, these may need to be changed. Also, if any District websites currently link to the KSDE website, these links may need to be changed as well. Thank you for your continued support. We hope you will be pleased with the new site. 
2012-2013 Kansas Report Card -
The 2012-2013 Kansas Report Cards for school buildings, school districts and the state are now available.  Find the most recent data here. 
Information Security -
Annual Cyber Security Awareness Campaign 

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2013 Kansas Writing Assessment -
On Jan. 15, 2013, the Kansas State Board of Education voted unanimously to make the 2013 Kansas Writing Assessment a voluntary assessment. Learn more about the decision and what it means for schools here 
Kansas Granted ESEA Waiver -
Kansas’ ESEA Flexibility Request, granting waivers from certain provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind legislation, was approved by the U.S. Department of Education on July 19, 2012. The approval allows the state to implement a new and more meaningful accountability system for Kansas schools and school districts. The full version of the state’s flexibility request can be found here. 

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Discipline Reports -
Discipline reports for local school districts and the state are now easier to find.  Just look for "Discipline Reports" under the most requested topics drop down box on the KSDE homepage, or on the Data, Media and Reports page.  By following those links, you can get information on in-school and out-of-school suspensions and expulsions by incident type.  The discipline information is available at the building level by accessing K-12 reports under quick links on the School Finance page.  Find the school you're interested in under the "schools" tab and choose the discipline report under the school statistics. 
OER offers access to free learning resources -
Kansas educators can gain easy access to a variety of free digital resources through the Kansas State Department of  Education’s Open Education Resources website. Open Education Resources (OER) provides links to digital textbooks, E-books and thousands of free online books, as well as links to resources for the visually impaired. All of the resources on OER are in the public domain and can be customized and modified to fit individual needs, or combined with other materials. These resources are ideal for teaching, learning, research and more. Check out the Open Education
Resources webpage today!
 
FERPA amendments finalized -
Final regulations amending the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) have been published in the Federal Register. Effective Jan. 3, 2012, the regulations offer greater flexibility to states to share data that can be helpful in judging the effectiveness of educational programs, while maintaining safeguards to student privacy. Learn more about FERPA and the regulation changes at the USDOE’s Family Policy Compliance Office website. 
New Kansas Educator Evaluation Project Website -
Kansas Educator Evaluation Project
Updates and information regarding this project can be found here. 
Kansas Waiver SFY 2010 -
Kansas Waiver SFY 2010 

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Newly Redesigned K-12 Reports! -
The newly redesigned K-12 reports provides information for any
county, school district, or school in the state of Kansas. 

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Press Releases

 
What: December State Board of Education Meeting
When: December 10 at 10AM and 11th at 9AM.
Where: Board Room, Kansas State Department of Education, Landon State Office Building, 900 SW Jackson Street, Topeka   View Article

November 2013
During the November meeting of the Kansas State Board of Education, Brad Neuenswander, deputy commissioner of Learning Services presented members of the board with ...

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WICHITA - Jeff Baxter, of Leavenworth High School (USD 453) has been named the 2014 Kansas Teacher of the Year.   View Article

TOPEKA – The Data Quality Campaign (DQC), a nonprofit, nonpartisan, national advocacy organization based in Washington, DC, which monitors states’ progress on effectively using student longitudinal data to ensure that students graduate from high school prepared for success in college and the workplace, today released its analysis of its 2013 survey.   View Article

TOPEKA – The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) today released its first look at the 2013 Kansas School Report Card achievements based on the four Annual Measurable Objectives (AMOs) approved through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Waiver.   View Article

TOPEKA – Results from the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exams, released today, show that Kansas students continue to outperform the national average in the areas of mathematics and reading.   View Article

TOPEKA – The Confidence in Kansas Public Education Task Force has identified 102 schools in 66 Kansas public school districts as recipients of the 2013 Challenge Awards. The Challenge Awards are designed to recognize Kansas schools that are making a significant difference in student achievement among disadvantaged student populations.   View Article

What: November State Board of Education Meeting
When: November 12 at 10AM and 13th at 9AM.
Where: Board Room, Kansas State Department of Education, Landon State Office Building, 900 SW Jackson Street, Topeka   View Article

TOPEKA – During the October Kansas State Board of Education meeting, board members viewed demonstrations of the transitional state assessment that will be administered to students in the spring and the SMARTER Balance assessment that is being considered for the 2014-2015 school year.   View Article

Topeka, KS (October 24, 2013) – For the first time, Kansas is able to measure how its 8th grade students’ performance in math and science stacks up against their counterparts across the globe.   View Article

TOPEKA, KS - Governor Sam Brownback has proclaimed Wednesday, October 23, 2013 as School Bus Drivers’ Appreciation Day in Kansas. Each year, Kansas school bus drivers transport more than 200,000 students in excess of 66 million miles. Kansas currently employs 4,272 school bus drivers.   View Article

TOPEKA – High school art teacher Brad LeDuc was named a Milken National Educator (MNE) today by the Milken Family Foundation in a surprise ceremony at Washburn Rural High School in Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437.   View Article

Topeka, KS (September 30, 2013) – Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) announced today that 105 sponsors in the Kansas Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) have served more than one million meals to Kansas children this program year.   View Article

TOPEKA - Five Kansas schools were among the 286 U.S. schools named 2013 National Blue Ribbon Schools today by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.   View Article

What: October State Board of Education Meeting
When: October 15 at 10:00 am and October 16 at 9:00 am
Where: Room 112 North, State Capitol, Topeka   View Article

Kansas State Board of Education members bid farewell to its home of more than 50 years as it hosted its final board meeting in the Scott Building on September 17-18.   View Article

What: September State Board of Education Meeting
When: September 17 at 10:00 am and September 18 at 9:00 am.
Where: Board Room, Kansas State Department of Education, 120 SE 10th Ave., Topeka   View Article

TOPEKA—Sept. 7, 2013—Katie Perez, a fourth-grade teacher at Morgan Elementary School in Hutchinson (Hutchinson USD 308), and Mary Lonker, a high school English language arts teacher at Wamego High School (Wamego USD 320), were named Region 1 finalists for the 2014 Kansas Teacher of the Year award today.   View Article

TOPEKA—Sept. 8, 2013—Jenny M. Nash, a kindergarten teacher at Cottonwood Elementary School in Paola (Paola USD 368), and Jeff Baxter, a high school English language arts and English as a Second Language teacher at Leavenworth High School (Leavenworth USD 453), were named Region 2 finalists for the 2014 Kansas Teacher of the Year award today.   View Article

TOPEKA—Sept. 8, 2013—Brandi Leggett, a third-grade teacher at Prairie Ridge Elementary School in Shawnee (De Soto USD 232), and Jennifer R. Smith, an eighth-grade social studies teacher at Lakewood Middle School in Overland Park (Blue Valley USD 229), were named Region 3 finalists for the 2014 Kansas Teacher of the Year award today.   View Article

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