Kansas State Department of Education
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| Formed | January 14, 1969 |
| Preceding State education agency |
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| Jurisdiction | State of Kansas |
| Headquarters | 900 SW Jackson St, Topeka, KS 66612 Topeka, Kansas 39°02′46″N 95°40′29″W / 39.046012°N 95.674697°W |
| State education agency executive |
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| Parent department | State of Kansas |
| Website | KSDE Website |
Kansas State Department Board of Education (KSDE) is Kansas's Board of Education. Its headquarters are in Topeka.[1] The board of education that controls the department is a constitutional group created in Article 6 of the Kansas Constitution. The Board helps decide educational policy for the state's primary and secondary schools.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Welcome to KSDE." Kansas State Department of Education. Retrieved on October 25, 2009.
More reading
[change | change source]- Kester, D., & Kester, J. (1985). History of the Kansas State Department of Education. Topeka, KS: Kansas Department of Education.
- Throckmorton, A.F. (1967). Kansas Educational Progress: 1858-1967. Topeka, KS: Kansas State Department of Public Instruction.
- Throckmorton, Adel F. (1960). Our Kansas System of Education. Topeka, KS: Kansas State Department of Public Instruction.
- Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Strategies Evolve as Candidates Prepare for Kansas Board Races. Science 3 February 2006 311: 588-589 DOI 10.1126/science.311.5761.588
- Yudhijit Bhattarcharjee, Evolution Trumps Intelligent Design in Kansas Vote. Science 11 August 2006 313: 743 DOI 10.1126/science.313.5788.743
- AAAS Board of Directors, On the Kansas State Board of Education Decision on the Education of Students in the Science of Evolution and Cosmology. Science 12 November 1999 286: 1297 DOI 10.1126/science.286.5443.1297b
Other websites
[change | change source]- KSDE
- KGI Online Library
- Kansas State Board of Education Meeting Minutes (1968-present)
- Kansas Educational Directory (1941-present)
- Kansas Education Accountability Report (2000/01-present)
- Other KSDE publications at KGI Online Library Archived 2016-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Controversy
- Kansas education board downplays evolution State school board OKs standards casting doubt on Darwin.
- Kansas Rewrites Science Standards Again
- Letters to the Kansas State Board of Education regarding evolution and science curriculum standards Archived 2009-02-04 at the Wayback Machine, June 7, 2005
- Kansas board of education scraps standards questioning evolution Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
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