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Kathy Toelkes
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The KSDE News Room

The KSDE News Room is the area to find press releases, announcements, and other interesting tidbits about KSDE and education in Kansas. The most current press releases are below with links to an archive of past releases. Podcasts of KSDE events, conferences, and presentations are available in this area as well. Consider using a news aggregator (Wikipedia: definition) to make sure you don't miss a single press release!

Press Releases

Two area teachers named finalists for Kansas Teacher of the Year

Erin C. Capettini, a second-grade teacher at Cottonwood Elementary School in Paola (Paola USD 368), and Anton F. Ahrens, a high school chemistry teacher at Topeka High School (Topeka USD 501), were named Region 2 finalists for the 2008 Kansas Teacher of the Year award today. View Article

Highlights of the September State Board of Education Meeting

TOPEKA, September 12, 2007 / The Kansas State Board of Education held its regular monthly board meeting on September 11 - 12, 2007, in the boardroom of the Kansas State Department of Education, 120 SE 10^th Avenue. View Article

Kansas Education Employment Board Website to be Launched

TOPEKA, September 12, 2007 / On September 17, 2007, the redesigned Kansas Education Employment Board (KEEB) website will be launched by the Student Services team of the Kansas Department of Education View Article

List of Districts and Schools Not Making AYP

In the 2006 – 2007 testing cycle, 89% of the state’s public schools made adequate yearly progress (AYP), even though the targets for mathematics and reading have been steadily increasing since 2002. This compares with 84% of public schools making AYP last year. Student achievement continues to rise in Kansas. View Article

Two Region 4 teachers named finalists for Kansas Teacher of the Year

Karen Bristow, a first-grade teacher at Garfield Elementary School in Augusta (Augusta USD 402), and Stacie Valdez, a high school English and language arts teacher at Wichita North High School (Wichita USD 259), were named Region 4 finalists for the 2008 Kansas Teacher of the Year award today. View Article

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