Archive By Section - Education
USD 428 Superintendent Brad Reed has been elected to the Kansas School Superintendents Association (KSSA) board of directors.
May 17, 2016
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Tribune Staff
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Education
College today may not be offering students the education parents want for their children.
May 16, 2016
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Herb Scribner
Deseret News
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Education
The Health Information Management (HIM) Program at Hutchinson Community College presented their 2016 graduating class with certification pins in ceremonies on Friday, May 6.
May 14, 2016
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Tribune Staff
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Education
At the invitation of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, Abigail Stiner and Taylor Huslig of Great Bend High School and Emily Jae Hammond of Hoisington High School were selected to attend the 33rd Annual Governor's Scholars Awards Program on May 1, in Topeka.
May 14, 2016
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Tribune Staff
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Education
Great Bend Middle School announces the April through May Above and Beyond Winners. Each of these students was nominated by their teachers because they have gone above and beyond the call of duty in becoming a good citizen of GBMS. The students received a certificate and a pizza and pop luncheon with the school administrators.
May 14, 2016
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Tribune Staff
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Education
It's been 25 years since Minnesota launched the charter school movement in June of 1991, and after years of steady growth, charters are now a controversial but fixed piece of America's educational landscape, according to a group of experts gathered at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., recently to mark the upcoming anniversary of the first charter law.
May 11, 2016
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
The new National Teacher of the Year announced last week came from humble beginnings and faced textbook challenges, including a teen pregnancy. Jahana Hayes, who has taught in her hometown of Waterbury, Connecticut, high school for the past decade, now tries to offer her students the same support she got.
May 10, 2016
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
Tennessee last week became the latest state to cancel its standardized tests for the year, after glitches in the online testing system became unmanageable, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports.
May 08, 2016
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
The assistant project manager leaned back in a chair in his company's job trailer, and his face broke into a grin.
May 07, 2016
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Tribune Staff
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Education
TOPEKA - Hoisington Middle School was honored May 6 at the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka as one of 25 Kansas schools and school districts offering excellent character education that focuses on students' social, emotional and character development.
May 06, 2016
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Special to the Tribune
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Education
At the end of April and beginning of May, students across the nation trade in their textbooks and I.D. cards for a diploma. And, in many cases, a lot of debt.
May 04, 2016
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Mandy Morgan
Deseret News
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Education
A controversial state law that would offer education savings accounts to all parents regardless of family income is tied up in the courts, with the state attorney general pushing this week for the state’s Supreme Court to step in and decide the law’s constitutionality.
May 02, 2016
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Eric Schulzke
Deseret News
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Education
The Sterling College Debate Team traveled to Muncie, Ind., to take another top-ten title with sophomore Gage Brookman forging new ground at the National Forensic Association Lincoln-Douglas Debate National Tournament. Brookman, of Hutchinson, finished third, marking the first time a Sterling College student has broken into the Elite Eight. The team took sixth place in Debate Sweepstakes, the school's second highest finish to date.
May 01, 2016
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Tribune Staff
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Education
Newman University honored student scholars and leaders for their outstanding academic achievements and accomplishments at the 2016 Academic Honors and Awards Convocation, held April 21 on the Newman campus.
May 01, 2016
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Tribune Staff
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Education
Thirteen first place medals were brought home by Great Bend High School musicians from the State Music Contest held Saturday, April 23, at Emporia High School. "I"s went to the Brass Sextet (Ben Diel, Aaron Schultz, Allison Regehr, Aubrey Maneth, Matthew Phillips, Kayn Milholland), and soloists Allison Regehr, French horn; Aubrey Maneth, trombone, Andrew Curtright, euphonium; Kayn Milholland, tuba; Dorian Lueth, viola; Ethan Wedel and Kayn Milholland, voice. Those receiving "II"s were: the Low Brass Ensemble (Aubrey Maneth, Matthew Phillips, Tristan McHenry, Andrew Curtright, Malachi Williams), soloists Ben Diel, trumpet; Eric Vazquez, contra alto clarinet; and Aubrey Maneth ...
May 01, 2016
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Tribune Staff
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Education