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Posted: Sep 28, 2024

Ms. Anstine: “Deliberate reflection is a fundamental principle of my teaching philosophy.”

WICHITA – Elizabeth Anstine, a business teacher at Leavenworth High School, Leavenworth Unified School District 453, was named the 2025 Kansas Teacher of the Year on Saturday, Sept. 28, during a special ceremony in Wichita.

Posted: Sep 27, 2024
Categories: KSDE

The Sept. 26 edition of KSDEweekly is now available. Read more about the four Kansas schools selected as 2024 National Blue Ribbon schools, the Kansas Math Project offering professional development, preschool teachers invited to learn more about creating standards-based activities for their students and techincal assistance offered for navigating the individual plan of study (IPS) process.

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Posted: Sep 26, 2024
Categories: KSDE

Members of the Kansas State Board of Education will meet for their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 8, and Wednesday, Oct. 9, in the first floor board room of the Landon State Office Building, 900 S.W. Jackson, in Topeka.

Click here for the meeting's agenda and materials.

Posted: Sep 24, 2024
Categories: KSDE

TOPEKA — Four Kansas elementary schools have been named 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools, U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona announced Monday, Sept. 23.

There are 356 schools across the country that are part of this year’s National Blue Ribbon cohort, including the following in Kansas, recognized in the Exemplary High Performing Schools category:

  • Garfield Elementary School, Augusta USD 402
  • Herington Elementary School, Herington USD 487
  • Lincoln Elementary School, Geary County USD 475
  • Sunflower Elementary School, Paola USD 368
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