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Seventeen Schools, One District Earn School Counseling Awards

TOPEKA –The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) recently recognized Kansas schools and districts for achieving excellence in the area of school counseling. View Article

2011 Challenge Awards go to 37 Kansas School Districts

TOPEKA – The Confidence in Kansas Public Education Task Force will present 95 awards to 55 schools in 37 Kansas public school districts as part of the 2011 Challenge Awards. View Article

Kansas schools honored at White House

TOPEKA – Six Kansas school districts were among the 1,273 schools in attendance at an October 17 ceremony in Washington, D.C., to recognize schools that achieved a HealthierUS School Challenge award during the 2010-11 school year. View Article

Kansas NAEP scores show nine-year growth trend

TOPEKA – Reading and math scores from the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), released today, show that Kansas students’ scores have improved significantly since 2003, showing particularly strong gains in mathematics and among the English language learner (ELL) population. View Article

Shawnee Mission educator earns $25,000 award as a 2011 Milken Family Foundation National Educator

TOPEKA – High school administrator Lisa Gruman was named a Milken National Educator (MNE) today by the Milken Family Foundation in a surprise ceremony at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in the Shawnee Mission School District USD 512. View Article

Kansas receives USDA grants to help alleviate obesity, promote healthy eating and physical activity

TOPEKA – Kansas was recently announced as one of 31 states to receive federal grant monies aimed at helping school children develop positive nutrition and physical activity habits that can lead to healthier lifestyles. View Article

Highlights of the October State Board of Education Meeting

TOPEKA – State Board of Education members gave the green light to seeking a waiver to some of the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation during their Oct. 11 meeting in Topeka. View Article

Improvement trend continues on state assessments

TOPEKA — Kansas students improved performance on statewide reading and mathematics assessments for the eleventh straight year, according to results from the 2011 Kansas Statewide Assessments released today at the State Board of Education meeting in Topeka. Results showed that in the areas of reading and mathematics, there are higher percentages of students performing at the exemplary level than at any of the other four performance levels on the assessments.

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Highlights of the September State Board of Education Meeting

TOPEKA – State Board of Education members got their first look at a 21st century accreditation model that could replace the current Quality Performance Accreditation (QPA) system at their monthly meeting Sept. 13 in Topeka.

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Five Kansas Schools Recognized as 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools

TOPEKA - Five Kansas schools were among the 304 U.S. schools recently named 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. View Article

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