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Press Releases

Kansas students keeping it real with the Real World Design Challenge

Governor Mark Parkinson today issued a challenge to high school students across Kansas—form a team and become involved the 2010 Real World Design Challenge. Governors throughout the country are challenging students to become involved in the Governor’s Cup State Level Challenge.

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87.6% of Kansas Schools and 88.5%of Districts Make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

For the 2008-09 testing cycle, 87.6% of the state’s public schools and 88.5% of districts made adequate yearly progress (AYP), even though the targets for mathematics and reading have been steadily increasing since 2002. View Article

State Board of Education (SBOE) September Meeting

In August, the State Board of Education voted to hold “Work Sessions”, beginning at 9:00 a.m. on the first day of the regularly-scheduled Board meeting. The agenda for the “Work Session” is included with the September agenda. View Article

First Official September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance

(Topeka, KS)--The Kansas State Department of Education, Kansas Volunteer Commission and Corporation for National and Community Service Kansas State Office are partnering for the first official September 11 Day of Service and Remembrance, a day established by President Obama and Congress to honor the sacrifices of 9/11 heroes, and engage more Americans in serving their communities.

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Highlights of the August State Board Meeting

TOPEKA/The Kansas State Board of Education met on August 11-12, 2009, in the boardroom at the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE), 120 SE 10^th Ave., Topeka. View Article

Kansas Schools/Districts Continue to Meet Increasingly Higher Academic Achievement Targets

“The great news in Kansas is that one would expect that more schools and districts to be identified for improvement given the increasingly higher academic achievement targets and that simply isn’t the case,” according to Kansas Commissioner of Education, Dr. Alexa Posny. View Article

State Board of Education (SBOE) August Meeting

The Board will hold its regularly scheduled meeting for August in Topeka, August 11-12, 2009. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 11. On Wednesday, August 12, the meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. View Article

Kansas Education Agencies Enter New Agreement To Share Data

(TOPEKA) – Today the Kansas Board of Regents and Kansas State Department of Education announced that they will enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will enable the agencies to share education data to track student achievement and evaluate education programs. View Article

Highlights of the July State Board Meeting

TOPEKA/The Kansas State Board of Education met on July 14-15, 2009, in the boardroom at the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE), 120 SE 10^th Ave., Topeka. All members were present. View Article

Two Kansas educators among nation’s leading math and science teachers to be honored by White House

Topeka—Sherry Helus and DeAnn Swofford of Kansas were among the 86 educators announced yesterday by the White House as recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching for 2008. The teachers will be recognized in the fall at a White House ceremony. View Article

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