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Posted: Oct 31, 2024
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The 2024 KSDE Great Ideas in Education Conference: “Lighting the Path Forward” provided educators across Kansas a deeper dive into structured literacy, high quality instruction, and data-driven strategies, to name just a few of the topics covered during the three-day event, held Oct. 23-25, in Wichita. 

Chris Perry, co-founder and executive director of Cultivate Education, LLC, delivered the keynote address, focusing on the art and science of effective implementation. He cited research showing only 33% of educational initiatives and programs are successfully implemented and achieve their stated goals. He said implementation can be difficult, especially when it requires more staff and resources to sustain an initiative.  

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Posted: Oct 31, 2024
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The Blue-Ribbon Task Force on Student Screen Time held its 11th meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 30 with the focus on finalizing recommendations regarding parental oversight of district-owned devices.  

The purpose of these task force meetings has been to develop guidance/recommendations, based in research, on the following topics: 

  • Students' personal device use in school, 
  • Screen time and mental health; and 
  • Parental oversight of district-owned devices. 

 

The task force voted on the remaining set of recommendations which will be drafted into the final report presented to the board in November.

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Posted: Oct 31, 2024
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Todd Wollard believes he has found the winning recipe for success for his district’s food service program. He starts with a generous amount of treating students as customers and combines it with equal parts love, creativity and common sense.  

“Our entire goal is to do what’s best for our students,” said Wollard, food service and human resources coordinator for Prairie View Unified School District 362. “They deserve to get quality meals.” 

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