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Members of the Kansas State Board of Education will meet for their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 8, and Wednesday, Oct. 9, in the first floor board room of the Landon State Office Building, 900 S.W. Jackson, in Topeka.
Click here for the meeting's agenda and materials.
TOPEKA — Four Kansas elementary schools have been named 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools, U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona announced Monday, Sept. 23.
There are 356 schools across the country that are part of this year’s National Blue Ribbon cohort, including the following in Kansas, recognized in the Exemplary High Performing Schools category:
The Sept.19 edition of the KSDEweekly newsletter is now available. Read more about a Clay County Community High School senior who is working to make sure her peers know they matter, information about the national virtual summit on K-12 school safety and security, the nomination packet for the 2026 Kansas Teacher of the Year and much more.
Click here to get KSDEweekly sent directly to your inbox on Thursdays. Email ksdeweekly@ksde.org with questions.
The Sept. 12 KSDEweekly newsletter is now available. Read more about updates to the at-risk program list, pilot districts and timeline for districts' accountability plans. You can also read more about the progress the Blue-Ribbon Task Force on Student Screen Time is making, the KSDE proposed budgets for FY25 and FY26, ESSER reporting and McKinney-Vento trainings. The nomination packet is also available for the 2026 Kansas Teacher of the Year.
The Sept. 5 KSDEweekly newsletter is now available. Read more about updates to the literacy licensure requirement, Zoom sessions available to districts preparing for the official student Count Day of Sept. 20, a school mental health professional development opportunity and much more.
The Blue-Ribbon Task Force on Screen Time will meet via Zoom, 4-5:30 p.m., on Thursday, Sept. 5.
Access the livestream and agenda here.
Members of the Kansas State Board of Education will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 10, and Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the first floor board room, Landon State Office Building, 900 S.W. Jackson, in Topeka. The board will hold its annual retreat at 1 p.m., on Sept. 11, at the Kansas Health Institute, 212 S.W. 8th Street, in Topeka.
Click here for the September meeting agenda and materials.
The Aug. 29 edition of KSDEweekly, KSDE's external newsletter, is available here.
Read more about three generations of Kansas educators who agree on the key to being a great teacher, the checklist for preparing for the annual KSDE audits, the Accreditation Advisory Council's call for applicants, a webinar that will highlight the work of a Developmental Language Disorder scholar and much more.
The Aug. 22 edition of KSDEweekly, KSDE's external newsletter, is available here.
Read more about the updates to the state's at-risk program, the Kansas Vaping ECHO for Education cohort opportunity, the new school improvement model, early childhood professional development, E-rate and cybersecurity trainings and much more.
The Blue-Ribbon Task Force on Screen Time will be meeting for the first time via Zoom, 4-5:30 p.m., on Thursday, Aug. 22.
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