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Posted: Aug 15, 2024
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Kansas parents appear to be more positive than they were five years ago about their children’s pursuit of career and technical education during high school according to the parent perception survey conducted by HirePaths, a career exploration company based in Manhattan.

“I think this is a pat on everybody’s back here,” Kristin Brighton, founder of HirePaths, told members of the Kansas State Board of Education during their August meeting. “I think that is an exciting thing to celebrate.”

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Posted: Aug 1, 2024
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Kansas is one of 29 states and two territories seeking to create a standardized agreement and data sharing protocol with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) that would allow states to access accurate, secure and standardized data on military service. 

In November 2023, Kansas Commissioner of Education Dr. Randy Watson led the effort to have other state education officers sign an open letter to the DOD to ask the military to provide states with the data to be able to count enlisted military in postsecondary success.  

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