KSDE News

Posted: Sep 26, 2024
Categories: KSDE

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.

Posted: Sep 24, 2024
Categories: KSDE

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:

  • Garfield Elementary School, Augusta USD 402
  • Herington Elementary School, Herington USD 487
  • Lincoln Elementary School, Geary County USD 475
  • Sunflower Elementary School, Paola USD 368
Posted: Sep 19, 2024
Categories: KSDE

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.

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Posted: Sep 13, 2024
Categories: KSDE

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.

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