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Press Releases

Kansas Schools Win Fuel Up to Play 60 Physical Activity Challenge

Topeka, Kan. May 16, 2012 - This spring, the Kansas State Department of Education and Midwest Dairy Council teamed up to encourage schools to showcase how their schools got active each day. View Article

Highlights of the May State Board of Education Meeting

TOPEKA – Members of the Kansas State Board of Education were updated on the status of the state’s request for a waiver from some of the provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind legislation when they met May 8 and 9 in Topeka.
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Forty-two Kansas high school seniors honored for outstanding educational achievement

TOPEKA – Forty-two Kansas high school seniors have earned the 2012 High Schools That Work Award of Educational Achievement. View Article

Kansas students post average NAEP science scores as compared to nation

TOPEKA – Results from the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) science exam place Kansas students’ performance just about in the middle of nation when compared against the performance of other states. View Article

Kansas Schools Named Among First-Ever U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools

TOPEKA --The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) and the Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education (KACEE) are proud to announce that Brookwood Elementary (USD 512), Eisenhower High School (USD 265), and Erie High School (USD 101) are among 78 schools named U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools. Kansas is among 29 states and the District of Columbia with schools receiving the first-ever awards. View Article

Highlights of the April State Board of Education Meeting

TOPEKA – The Kansas State Board of Education voted to move what are currently guidelines around the appropriate use of emergency safety interventions in Kansas schools to regulations and asked the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) to draft language for the regulations. The action came during the Board’s monthly meeting April 17 in Topeka.
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April State Board of Education Meeting

What: April State Board of Education Meeting
When: April 17-18, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
Where: Board Room, Kansas State Department of Education, 120 SE 10th Ave., Topeka, KS; Kansas State School for the Blind, 1100 State Ave., Kansas City, KS; Kansas State School for the Deaf, 450 East Park St., Olathe, KS View Article

Three Kansas Schools Nominated for Green Ribbon School Awards

TOPEKA—Education Commissioner Dr. Diane DeBacker announced today the names of the three Kansas schools that will represent Kansas in the inaugural Green Ribbon Schools awards program. The nominations have been sent to the U.S. Department of Education, where the winners of this prestigious award will be determined. View Article

Three Kansas school districts receive partial waiver of NCLB requirements

TOPEKA – A final determination on the waiver requests made by three Kansas school districts with regard to some of the assessment requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind legislation was reached on Monday, March 19. View Article

Highlights of the March State Board of Education Meeting

TOPEKA – Kansas State Board of Education members expressed frustration during their monthly meeting March 13 in Topeka over a recent decision by the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) not to grant in full requests from three Kansas school districts for waivers from some of the assessment requirements in the federal No Child Left Behind legislation. View Article

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