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TOPEKA – Three Kansas high school seniors have been named 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholars by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. The program recognizes some of the nation’s most distinguished graduating seniors based on exceptional scholarship and talent in the visual, literary and performing arts.
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TOPEKA – The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) Career Technical Education (CTE) team recently recognized the Youth Entrepreneurs (YE) organization, based in Wichita, as an Exemplary Kansas CTE Partner. This quarterly recognition highlights successful CTE programs that prepare students to succeed in further education and careers through alignment with workforce and postsecondary requirements and by providing opportunities to work collaboratively with local businesses and communities.
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What: May State Board of Education Meeting
When: May 14 and 15, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
Where: Board Room, Kansas State Department of Education, 120 SE 10th Ave., Topeka
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TOPEKA—Kansas schools and school districts were honored today for their support of character education as part of the Kansas Schools of Character Recognition Program, sponsored by the Kansas State Department of Education, the Kansas Character Education Initiative and the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site.
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TOPEKA – April 26, 2013 – Six Kansas high school seniors have been named semifinalists in the 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The program recognizes some of the nation’s most distinguished graduating seniors based on exceptional scholarship and talent in the visual, literary and performing arts.
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TOPEKA – April 24, 2013 – The State Board of Education adopted new standards for History, Government and Social Studies that place an emphasis on the development of practical skills in the areas of history, government, civic, economics and geography.
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TOPEKA – Bluejacket-Flint Elementary School in the Shawnee Mission School District was among 64 schools across the nation named today as U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools by Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
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TOPEKA – The State Board of Education today adopted new standards for History, Government and Social Studies that put an emphasis on the development of practical skills in the areas of history, government, civics, economics and geography.
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TOPEKA – The State Board of Education had its first chance today to discuss the final version of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), a set of voluntary, internationally benchmarked academic standards that identify science and engineering practices and content for grades K-12. Kansas was one of 26 lead states in the state-led, collaborative process to develop the NGSS.
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TOPEKA, Kan.—Kansas Mentors (KM) is pleased to announce Big Brothers Big Sisters of Salina, Inc. as a recertified Gold Star program recipient.
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What: April State Board of Education Meeting
When: April 16 and 17, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
Where: Board Room, Kansas State Department of Education, 120 SE 10th Ave., Topeka
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TOPEKA -- Greater opportunities to advance the teaching of the French language in Kansas K-12 classrooms and the teaching of English in France, as well as creating opportunities for students and educators to connect and gain knowledge from one another are among the goals of an agreement signed today by Kansas Education Commissioner Dr. Diane DeBacker and Recteur of the Académie d’Orléans-Tours Marie Reynier.
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TOPEKA - Kansas Mentors (KM) is pleased to announce more than $45,000 in funding to 11 mentoring programs to help offset the costs of background checks conducted through the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI).
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TOPEKA, KS – The Kansas Volunteer Commission is pleased to announce more than $139,000 in funding to nine Kansas organizations in Volunteer Generation Fund grants.
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What: March State Board of Education Meeting
When: March 12 and 13, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
Where: Board Room, Kansas State Department of Education, 120 SE 10th Ave., Topeka; Kansas State School for the Deaf, 450 E. Park St., Olathe; Kansas State School for the Blind, 1100 State Ave., Kansas City
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The Kansas State Board of Education last week approved new regulations for the use of emergency safety interventions in schools, but also directed staff at the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) to begin work on an amendment to the regulations that will clarify the process parents can use to appeal school decisions on the use of such interventions.
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What: February State Board of Education Meeting
When: Feb. 12 and 13, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
Where: Board Room, Kansas State Department of Education, 120 SE 10th Ave., Topeka
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Four new members joined the Kansas State Board of Education in January following elections last November. New members Steve Roberts, district two; Deena Horst, district six; Kathy Busch, district eight; and Jim McNiece, district 10, were sworn into office just prior to the first day of the Board’s two-day meeting on Jan. 15 and 16 in Topeka.
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Arlington, VA – The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) is pleased to announce that Carolyn Wims-Campbell, a resident of Topeka, KS and a member of the Kansas State Board of Education, was named to the NASBE Governmental Affairs Committee (GAC), the entity responsible for developing federal policy recommendations and communicating with Congress and federal officials about the education reform priorities of state boards of education.
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TOPEKA—Five Kansas schools have been nominated for the 2013 National Blue Ribbon (NBR) Schools Award Program.
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