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During the Kansas State Board of Education’s August meeting, members identified the topics and individuals who will serve on the Blue-Ribbon Task Force on Screen Time in Schools.
The 36-member task force, approved by board members in July, will discuss the following areas:
Kansas students, teachers and staff are headed back to school. That means it’s time to view the 2024-2025 Back-to-School video!
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.”
For the Paola Unified School District 368 robotics team, it is about more than just building robots.
“I really love this program because of the emphasis on growing the whole person,” said Mary Ure, one of the mentors of Team 1108 Panther Robotics, at the August Kansas State Board of Education meeting. “We’re making robots, yes, but we are making citizens who will be productive, inspiring to others, kind, considerate and ready for the workforce.”
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