Education Week: Kansas

House offers education funding hike _ with a catch

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:05:00 -0400

Blogs of the Week

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:04:00 -0400

SIG Aid Gives Schools Budget Relief—For Now

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:04:00 -0400

School Improvement Grant recipients are anxious about sustaining gains once the funds run out.

Teenager's Tweet About Governor Causes Uproar

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:12:00 -0500

A student's recent tweet criticizing Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback soon became the center of a heated debate about students' free-speech rights.

Kansas Rebuffed on AYP Waiver

Tue, 24 May 2011 00:05:00 -0400

Kansas will not be able to sidestep the requirement under the federal No Child Left Behind Act that 100 percent of students reach proficiency in reading and math by 2014, state officials have announced.

Efforts to Improve Evolution Teaching Bearing Fruit

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:11:00 -0500

A 2005 court battle over intelligent design led scientists to launch efforts to improve students' understanding of evolution.

63 Kansas School Districts Sue Over Millions in Funding Cuts

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:11:00 -0500

A group of more than five dozen Kansas school districts filed a lawsuit against the state last week, contending that cuts the state legislature made to education spending violated Kansas' Constitution.

Kansas Districts See Savings in Teaming on Data Systems

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:10:00 -0400

Two of the state's largest school districts say the teamwork has saved jobs and increased the efficiency of sharing data on such matters as student performance.

Hawaii, Kansas Get Schools Chiefs

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:09:00 -0400

The interim state superintendents of Hawaii and Kansas were hired for their respective top jobs last week.

Kansas Pulls Funds From High School Journalism

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:09:00 -0400

Kansas journalism teachers are worried that changes in the way the state finances high school programs could spell the end for student newspapers and yearbooks.

States Seek Federal Waivers to Cut Special Education

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:06:00 -0400

Faced with budget woes, a handful of states look to a little-used legal provision to offer an escape hatch from federal spending mandates.

Change at the Top

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:12:00 -0500

The Kansas City, Kan., school board has chosen Assistant Superintendent Cynthia Lane to be the next superintendent.

Interim Kansas Chief Named

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:10:00 -0400

The Kansas state board of education has named Diane DeBacker, a veteran Kansas educator, as the interim commissioner of the state education department.

Spec. Ed. Official Confirmed

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 -0400

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Kansas education Commissioner Alexa Posny's appointment as assistant secretary for special education and rehabilitative services.

Arts an Easy Target as Many States Cut Budgets

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:08:00 -0400