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Riverside Used Structured Support and Learning Options to Boost Test Scores and Graduation Rate
April 24, 2024

Being Brian: Reflecting on the Past, Shaping the Future
As graduation season approaches, it's natural to reflect on the journey of education. We often find ourselves drawn to nostalgic memories of our own school days, colored by an idealized view of the
April 24, 2024

Uncertainty Lingers as Legislators Finish 2024 Session
April 24, 2024

Examining and Comparing Kansas Teacher Salaries
April 16, 2024

Minneola Works Together as Student Needs Change
April 15, 2024

Kansas K-12 Awaiting Finalized SPED and Gannon Funding Bill
April 12, 2024

Haviland Uses Strong Relationships to Power High Academic Results
April 10, 2024

Education Groups United in Opposition to SB 387
April 3, 2024

Comanche County Helps Students Prepare for the World in a Small Community
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
April 2, 2024

Survey Provides Insights on Teacher Engagement and Retention
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
April 2, 2024

Being Brian: Create Coherence by Aligning Goals and Resources
I often tell school board members through the strategic planning process they can do anything they want as a school district, just not everything. It is the time of the year when school boards
March 27, 2024

Hays Embraces Good to Great
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
March 26, 2024

Individualized Attention Boosts Assessment Scores and Graduation Rates in Great Bend
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.
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March 20, 2024

Kansas Teaching Requirements and How Districts Can Help Develop Teachers
Teacher vacancies reported in Kansas public schools reached 1,810 positions this past fall and school leaders frequently say one of their greatest challenges is finding highly qualified
March 15, 2024

Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Applications Due June 1
The Kansas State Department of Education is taking applications through June 1 for districts seeking to participate in the new Registered Teacher Apprenticeship program in Fall 2024.
The program
March 14, 2024