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Learn about the history, functions and controversies of the Kansas State Board of Education, a constitutional body that oversees primary and secondary education in the state. Find out how the board has dealt with issues such as evolution, intelligent design and standardized tests.
In 1999, the Kansas Board of Education ruled that instruction at the primary and secondary levels about evolution, the age of the Earth, and the origin of the universe was permitted, but not mandatory, and that those topics would not appear on state standardized tests. However, two years later, following a change in its elected membership, the ...
Dale Dennis, a longtime Kansas Department of Education official, will speak at Sunday's annual meeting of the Shawnee County Historical Society.
Find out the names and locations of public, private, community, technical, and federal colleges and universities in Kansas. Learn about the Kansas Board of Regents, the accreditation organizations, and the athletic programs in the state.
Since the program began in 1983, 149 Kansas schools have been named Blue Ribbon Schools, according to the Kansas Department of Education. Out of the four schools that gained the title in 2024, two ...
This web page provides a comprehensive list of unified school districts (USD) in the state of Kansas, grouped by county. A unified school district is a type of public school district that operates elementary, middle, and high schools.
The Kansas Board of Regents is a body that governs six state universities, one municipal university, and 33 other institutions of higher education in Kansas. Learn about its formation, membership, schools, and enrollment data from this Wikipedia article.
The Kansas evolution hearings were a series of hearings in 2005 to change how evolution was taught in public high school science classes. The hearings were influenced by the Discovery Institute, which promoted intelligent design as an alternative to evolution, but were rejected by the scientific community and the board in 2007.