The KSDE Annual Conference focuses on school improvement and the continuous improvement of academic performance for all students. The theme for this year's conference is Kansas, Oh the Places We'll Go!, will showcase Kansas school success stories as well as address some of our schools' most significant challenges for the future. The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency and Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas. 

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The 2011-2012 Kansas Report Cards for school buildings, school districts and the state are now availabe.  Find the most recent data here. 

It’s that time again! KSDE Special Education Services and the EIPA Diagnostic Center are excited to offer four video conference workshops for the 2012-2013 academic years. The workshops are designed for interpreters working in K-12 classroom settings, community interpreters, future interpreters, K-12 interpreter mentors, deaf educators and individuals supervising or working with interpreters. The workshops are free and will be offered via video conferencing technology and can be downloaded to multiple sites. 

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Kansas’ ESEA Flexibility Request, granting waivers from certain provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind legislation, was approved by the U.S. Department of Education on July 19, 2012. The approval allows the state to implement a new and more meaningful accountability system for Kansas schools and school districts. The full version of the state’s flexibility request can be found here. 

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Discipline reports for local school districts and the state are now easier to find.  Just look for "Discipline Reports" under the most requested topics drop down box on the KSDE homepage, or on the Data, Media and Reports page.  By following those links, you can get information on in-school and out-of-school suspensions and expulsions by incident type.  The discipline information is available at the building level by accessing K-12 reports under quick links on the School Finance page.  Find the school you're interested in under the "schools" tab and choose the discipline report under the school statistics. 

Kansas educators can gain easy access to a variety of free digital resources through the Kansas State Department of  Education’s Open Education Resources website. Open Education Resources (OER) provides links to digital textbooks, E-books and thousands of free online books, as well as links to resources for the visually impaired. All of the resources on OER are in the public domain and can be customized and modified to fit individual needs, or combined with other materials. These resources are ideal for teaching, learning, research and more. Check out the Open Education
Resources webpage today!
 

Final regulations amending the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) have been published in the Federal Register. Effective Jan. 3, 2012, the regulations offer greater flexibility to states to share data that can be helpful in judging the effectiveness of educational programs, while maintaining safeguards to student privacy. Learn more about FERPA and the regulation changes at the USDOE’s Family Policy Compliance Office website. 

Kansas Educator Evaluation Project
Updates and information regarding this project can be found here. 

Kansas Waiver SFY 2010 

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The newly redesigned K-12 reports provides information for any
county, school district, or school in the state of Kansas. 

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