Posted Date: 04/15/2024
As a small community facing big changes, Minneola USD 219 is working to keep up high performance. Located 20 miles south of Dodge City, Minneola has 250 students and an average high-needs student . . .
Posted Date: 04/10/2024
Haviland USD 474 is one of the smallest districts in the state with just 119 students and only grades kindergarten through eighth. Their reading and math results are among the highest in Kansas. In . . .
Posted Date: 04/02/2024
One path to success is sometimes to turn perceived weaknesses into strengths. With about 330 students in a county-wide district on the border in southwest Kansas, Comanche County USD 300 leaders . . .
Posted Date: 04/02/2024
A new survey of Kansas teacher attitudes offers ideas on how to help keep educators in the profession at a time when most school leaders say finding and keeping teachers is one of their greatest . . .
Posted Date: 03/26/2024
Hays USD 489 has the largest enrollment in northwest Kansas with around 3,100 students. It is also getting some of the highest student success results in the state when considering its size and . . .
Posted Date: 03/20/2024
Great Bend USD 428 is a central Kansas district of 2,900 students. I visited as part of my tour of schools that perform above expectations based on family income and student disability rates. Great . . .
Posted Date: 03/05/2024
Kansas public school enrollment declined slightly this year. There were about 5,200 fewer students according to data compiled by the Kansas State Department of Education. Other states have also . . .
Posted Date: 03/04/2024
Geary County USD 475 in Junction City is the state’s eighth largest district with almost 7,500 students. I visited in October as part of my tour of successful districts. Due to its proximity to Fort . . .
Posted Date: 03/04/2024
Labette County USD 506 is located in Altamont, in the southeast corner of the state. I visited as part of my tour of districts that do significantly better than expected based on their percentage of . . .
Posted Date: 03/04/2024
Baxter Springs USD 508 is located in southeast Kansas on the Oklahoma border. The district serves about 860 students with nearly 80 percent of those being high needs. Baxter Springs has . . .