State school board fears more cuts
TOPEKA — Members of the State Board of Education expressed frustration Tuesday that further cuts in Kansas public schools would hurt the quality of education.
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TOPEKA — Members of the State Board of Education expressed frustration Tuesday that further cuts in Kansas public schools would hurt the quality of education.
Saying they don't want school funding to come to a lawsuit, Wichita school board members voted unanimously Monday to spend more than $89,000 to join a coalition of schools whose previous lawsuit forced a massive increase in state funding.
Wichita schools will begin offering H1N1, or swine flu, vaccines at four elementaries on Friday.
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With all state universities raising tuition this year, Kansas college students might have suffered sticker shock.
Despite an infusion of $159 million into Kansas schools this quarter, education leaders said it has helped them only to maintain the status quo.
When kids at Truesdell Middle School hustle to class in the morning, they do it to "The Hustle."
The Wichita school district may join dozens of other districts that have decided before to sue the state over lack of funding.
As Kansas tries to increase the national profile of its state universities and cope with state budget cuts, higher education leaders said they want to know how to provide Kansas businesses with better prepared workers.
TOPEKA — Kansas has 293 school districts ranging in size from West Solomon Valley in northwest Kansas with 39 students to Wichita with 49,744 students.
TOPEKA — A federal report released Thursday places Kansas academic standards near the middle of the pack when compared with a benchmark national test.
Starting this week, students at Southeast High School can open a savings or checking account, use their debit card or apply for a zero-interest laptop loan at school.
Going back to high school seemed "pretty crazy" to 20-year-old Louis Arnett. "Then I thought, 'Do I want to be a dropout forever?' " said Arnett, a Wichita East High School senior. Educators statewide have focused discussion this month on preventing dropouts, holding summits in Wichita. One question they are dealing with: How will schools measure progress — in numbers or individuals?
TOPEKA — New students in Kansas' public schools and declining property values have punched what could become a $70 million hole in the state's already shaky budget, a top education official confirmed Friday.
HONOLULU — Hundreds of angry parents protested Hawaii's statewide public school shutdown Friday, saying their children are losing out on education because of government budget cuts.
Longtime Wichita businessman and University of Kansas alumnus Paul Brooker's estate has donated $2.5 million to the school's endowment for scholarships.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is calling for an overhaul of college programs that prepare teachers, saying they are cash cows that do a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the classroom.
Nearly 16 percent of Sedgwick County students dropped out before completing four years of high school in 2006-07, according to data from the Kansas State Department of Education.
TOPEKA — Kansas State University's new president promised Thursday that the university will spell out next month how it plans to deal with issues raised by a state audit disclosing questionable financial transactions.