The lower court panel held a hearing in the Gannon school funding case on May 7th. “‘For the most part they were well educated people,’ says historian Virgil Dean who worked at the Kansas State Historical Society. ‘They came here with the idea that they’re either going to recreate something similar to what they left behind or make something better, and education is just an accepted idea that that’s one of the things that you need.’ “Public education, Dean says, was in the founding Wyandotte constitution written in 1859 in what is now Kansas City, Kansas. “While the...
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Districts through first round of requests for emergency block grant funding
Several school districts went through the first round of requests for emergency funding under the block grant program. “Winners of this first-ever sweepstakes were the Louisburg, Concordia, Skyline, Waconda and Lebo-Waverly districts. Financial appeals by North Lyon County, Southern Lyon County and Arkansas City were rejected…The council then adopted, on a party-line vote and with Brownback’s support, injection of $478,000 into the five districts.” Read more here: http://cjonline.com/news/2015-05-05/state-council-hands-478000-emergency-funding-five-public-school-districts...
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We support this statement from KSDE and the State Board of Education for Teacher Appreciation Week. Dear Educators of Kansas, Thank you. Thank you for being shapers of dreams, creators of excellence, protectors of children and stewards of education. Thank you for igniting Kansas children’s passion to learn; for teaching them that all things are possible, but not always easy; that it’s okay to fail, because we learn from our mistakes; and that if life ever becomes more than they can handle, that you are their trusted shoulder of support. Thank you for standing tall in the face...
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