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Posted: Aug 10, 2023
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Changes to teacher license testing requirements proposed

Kansas State Board of Education members at their August meeting approved adjusting the current Kansas Education Systems Accreditation (KESA) cycle to allow systems to follow the KESA Learning Year timeline for the 2023-2024 school year.

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Posted: Aug 10, 2023
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Since 2004, 1,013 exemplary American history educators have been recognized as State History Teachers of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. This year, Rachel Swearengin, a fifth-grade teacher at Manchester Park Elementary School, joins them.

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Posted: Aug 10, 2023
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Students are from Pittsburg USD 250, Dodge City USD 443 and Goddard USD 265

The top three winners of the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) Great Ideas in Education Art Contest have been announced.

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Posted: Aug 10, 2023
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Kansas Commissioner of Education Dr. Randy Watson went head-to-head in a bus rodeo competition with Mollie Cornwell, a five-time State Safe Driver Competition winner and school bus driver at Derby Unified School District 260, for this year’s back-to-school video.

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Posted: Aug 10, 2023
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Kansas families have only a few days left to enjoy free access to museums, zoos, historic landmarks, outdoor locations and other attractions across the state. The 2023 Sunflower Summer program ends Sunday, Aug. 13.

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