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Kansas Board of Regents testing appeal of streamlined, reduced-credit bachelor's degrees
6+ hour, 15+ min ago (628+ words) TOPEKA " The Kansas Board of Regents plans to vote in mid-June on a proposal authorizing the six state universities to offer students the option of earning undergraduate degrees by completing as little as 90 credit hours of classes rather than the…...
Gov. Greg Abbott to Texas colleges: Don't increase tuition, fees
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (595+ words) Gov. Greg Abbott reminded Texas colleges: Do not raise undergraduate tuition or fees next year. In a letter sent Wednesday to public college and university presidents, Abbott noted that his previous directive remains "fully in effect" and that no undergraduate…...
Five of six Kansas public universities seek student tuition increases of 3. 5% to 6%
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (564+ words) TOPEKA " Five public universities in Kansas are seeking in-state undergraduate tuition increases ranging from 3. 5% to 6% in the upcoming academic year, while Emporia State University wants to hold tuition steady another year as an incentive to increase enrollment. Campus officials say…...
Kids' test scores began declining way before COVID. These schools are making gains
3+ week, 1+ day ago (60+ words) The annual Education Scorecard shows the nation's schools still rebounding from serious losses in math and reading, but it also found those declines began well before the pandemic....
Texas public schools see first non-pandemic enrollment drop in decades
3+ week, 1+ day ago (20+ words) Latino children accounted for the vast majority of students who left public schools this year, according to a new analysis....
Nearly 96, 000 Texas students receiving school voucher award notices
4+ week, 1+ day ago (834+ words) From the Texas Tribune: By May 6, roughly 96, 000 students will have received notices that they can participate in Texas' school voucher program, Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock said in a statement Monday. The first awardees of more than 42, 600 children included those with…...
Kansas governor vetoes bill requiring daily recess, annual fitness test of public school students
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (629+ words) TOPEKA " Senate President Ty Masterson says the Kansas Legislature justifiably flexed its political muscle to approve a bill mandating public schools administer fitness tests to students in first through 12th grades and require 30 minutes of unstructured recess for elementary students. Gov....
New Documentary Focuses on Food Insecurity in Garden City
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (240+ words) A new documentary produced by Kansas State University outlines how food insecurity affects families in this southwest Kansas community. Entitled "Sharing the Harvest, the film features Garden City entities such as Emmaus House " a local food pantry, shelter and soup…...
Oklahoma early literacy policy overhaul signed into law, includes third-grade retention
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1138+ words) Senate Bill 1778 is from Senate Education Chair Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, and House Speaker Kyle Hilbert, R-Bristow. It brings back third-grade retention for students who don't meet testing benchmarks unless they meet a good cause exemption. Stitt signed the measure at…...
Kansas policymakers lag on updating public school funding formula
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (521+ words) TOPEKA " A Kansas task force is running out of time to craft a new public school funding formula, which the Legislature and the state's next governor must agree upon before the current framework expires. Previous plans have violated the state…...