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  1. Agricultural education as a factor in developing useful men: An address before the thirty-third annual meeting of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, ... of Agriculture, University of Illinois by Fred Henry Rankin, 1904
  2. Schools in Kansas City, Kansas in years of change, 1962-1986 by O. L Plucker, 1987
  3. The case of the century;: A historical and social perspective on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, with present and future implications by Hugh W Speer, 1968
  4. A report on changes in student academic performance under the Kansas Quality Performance Accreditation System by Arie Van der Ploeg, 1997
  5. The University of Kansas 101 (My First Text-Board-Book)
  6. Kansas GOP Voters Remove Creationists From School Board.(Brief Article): An article from: Church & State
  7. Kansas State University 101: My First Text-board-book (101 My First Text-Board-Book) by Brad M. Epstein, 2006-10-31
  8. School Board Battles: The Christian Right in Local Politics (Religion and Politics Series (Georgetown University).) by Melissa M. Deckman, 2004-03
  9. A comprehensive needs assessment and planning in vocational education for the state of Kansas by Rahim Borhani, 1978
  10. Attrition of special education personnel in Kansas from 1990-91 to 1991-92 by Paul McKnab, 1993
  11. The hectic birth of the Board of Regents by Fred Ellsworth, 1964
  12. Marketing education directory by Richard P Russell, 1997
  13. Continuing education: A manual for program providers by Don White, 1992
  14. The individualized education program for students receiving special education services and the school improvement process: Partners in quality performance accreditation by Richard J Whelan, 1993

41. AIBS: Scientific Community Unites Against Kansas Board Of Education Evolution De
Scientific Community Unites Against kansas Board of education Evolution Decision.On 10 August 1999, the kansas State Board of education (KSBE) voted 6 to
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Scientific Community Unites Against Kansas Board of Education Evolution Decision
On 10 August 1999, the Kansas State Board of Education (KSBE) voted 6 to 4 to remove the teaching of evolution from the state’s science education standards. In response, the American Institute of Biological Sciences released a statement reflecting its disappointment and disapproval of that decision. AIBS member societies the Association of Southeastern Biologists (ASB) and the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE) have joined AIBS in releasing their own statements of concern about the decision (following cover). These scientific organizations would like to remind Kansas of the sentiment spelled out by its own Vision Statement, which states that "students cannot achieve high levels of performance without ... a rich array of learning material" (taken from the Kansas Science Education Standards Fourth Working Draft, April 1999, as posted at http://www.ksbe.state.ks.us/topics.html). "Virtually all credible scientists believe that it is morally reprehensible to intentionally withhold knowledge from our children," says SSE President-Elect Michael Lynch of the University of Oregon. "No well-educated person wants to raise their children in an atmosphere of censorship."

42. AIBS: AIBS News November 1999
The State of kansas Board of education has decided not to require the teachingof evolution in the stateapproved science curriculum.
http://www.aibs.org/aibs-news/aibs_news_1999_11.html
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AIBS News November 1999
From the pages of BioScience magazine , the online version of our current events column, with discussions of the latest happenings at AIBS in support of our mission.
  • AIBS Releases Statement on Kansas Evolution Decision
    On 30 August 1999, AIBS issued the following statement to members of the science community, the media, and the public at large: The State of Kansas Board of Education has decided not to require the teaching of evolution in the state-approved science curriculum. This unfortunate decision means that many students will no longer be exposed to some of the most exciting and important advances in modern biology. The Board’s decision will send many into adulthood burdened with a profound lack of knowledge about a subject that underlies all of biology and that links the life sciences with equally fundamental components of chemistry, physics, and geology. All scientific explanations are provisional and subject to revision in the face of new data and theories. Biologists today are engaged in vigorous debates about the mechanisms by which evolution occurs and the historical pattern and sequence of events through which life’s diversity has arisen over billions of years of history, but they spend no more time debating whether evolution occurs than physicists do debating whether quantum mechanics correctly predicts the be havior of individual electrons. Because biologists accept and use evolutionary explanations in their work, the Kansas Board of Education’s decision serves only to prevent its students from acquiring a comprehensive under standing of modern biology.

43. CNN - Kansas School Board's Evolution Ruling Angers Science Community - August 1
The kansas State School Board voted Wednesday to remove the teaching of TOPEKA, kansas (CNN) A decision this week by the kansas Board of education to
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August 12, 1999 Web posted at: 10:08 p.m. EDT (0208 GMT) From Correspondent Brian Cabell TOPEKA, Kansas (CNN) A decision this week by the Kansas Board of Education to delete the teaching of evolution from the state's science curriculum has angered the mainstream science community in the United States. "This act ... took us back 100 years in science teaching and education," says Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. "I hope the courts will be the one to find time to correct the decision." The board's decision doesn't require the teaching of creationism, nor does it forbid the teaching of evolution. The specific curriculum is left to the local school boards and to the teachers who now find themselves with questions.

44. Kansas Board Advances A Draft Critical Of Evolution - New York Times
The State Board of education has approved the latest draft of science In 1999the kansas board drew international attention when it deleted most
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/10/education/10kansas.html

45. National Center For Science Education
As expected, on August 9, 2005, the kansas State Board of education voted South Central On July 7, 2005, the Tulsa, Oklahoma, Park Board voted 31 to
http://www.natcenscied.org/
National Center for Science Education Defending the Teaching of Evolution in the Public Schools Home About Events Links ... Join NCSE
National Center for Science Education (NCSE) defends the teaching of evolution in public schools. We are a nationally-recognized clearinghouse for information and advice to keep evolution in the science classroom and "scientific creationism" out. NCSE is the only national organization to specialize in this issue. We provide:
  • Reviews of current anti-evolution activity in the United States and around the world
  • Background to the fundamentally creationist and anti-evolution movement known as "Intelligent Design"
  • Detailed information on the Creation/Evolution controversy from 1859 to the present
  • Resources for parents, teachers, school boards, and the general public
Contact NCSE if you need advice, information, or help in defending the teaching of evolution. We also work to increase public understanding of evolution and of the nature of scientific knowledge. Evolution/Creationism News (From the past 60 days. See

46. National Center For Science Education
kansas science committee denounces changes, kansas South Central On July 7,2005, the Tulsa, Oklahoma, Park Board voted 31 to reverse its June 7
http://www.ncseweb.org/default.asp
National Center for Science Education Defending the Teaching of Evolution in the Public Schools Home About Events Links ... Join NCSE
National Center for Science Education (NCSE) defends the teaching of evolution in public schools. We are a nationally-recognized clearinghouse for information and advice to keep evolution in the science classroom and "scientific creationism" out. NCSE is the only national organization to specialize in this issue. We provide:
  • Reviews of current anti-evolution activity in the United States and around the world
  • Background to the fundamentally creationist and anti-evolution movement known as "Intelligent Design"
  • Detailed information on the Creation/Evolution controversy from 1859 to the present
  • Resources for parents, teachers, school boards, and the general public
Contact NCSE if you need advice, information, or help in defending the teaching of evolution. We also work to increase public understanding of evolution and of the nature of scientific knowledge. Evolution/Creationism News (From the past 60 days. See

47. NCSE Resource
The kansas Board of education hearings on proposed revisions to the state sciencestandards, which were widely condemned as a kangaroo court or show trial,
http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/news/2005/KS/893_all_over_but_the_shouting_in_k
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All over but the shouting in Kansas
The Kansas Board of Education hearings on proposed revisions to the state science standards, which were widely condemned as a kangaroo court or show trial, commenced on May 5, 2005 in Topeka, Kansas. Testifying before three antievolutionist members of the board, a parade of witnesses expressed their support for the so-called minority report version of the standards (written with the aid of a local "intelligent design" organization), complained of repression by a dogmatic evolutionary establishment, and claimed to have detected atheism lurking "between the lines" of the draft science standards. Conspicuously absent from the hearings were representatives of the scientific community, who honored the call of the grassroots pro-science organization Kansas Citizens for Science. Kansas scientists, educators, and concerned citizens were not idle during the hearings, however, holding a separate event outside the hearings to provide informed commentary to the media and the public at large. In the hearings, Topeka civil rights attorney Pedro Irigonegaray provided the only critical voice, asking pointed questions with the aim of documenting dubious motivations and lack of relevant expertise. The first major media story to appear after the first day of the hearings highlighted instances in which witnesses admitted under his probing that they rejected, or were ignorant about, such basic scientific facts as the age of the earth (approximately 4.5 billion years) and the common ancestry of humans and apes. According to a later story, although most of the witnesses accepted the correct age of the earth, most rejected common ancestry. A further embarrassment came when, after a witness admitted that he had not read the full draft standards, board member Kathy Martin consoled him by saying, according to the

48. Intelligent Design Network
The Standards adopted by the kansas State Board of education last year allowscience educators to take an evidence based approach to the issue of origins,
http://www.intelligentdesignnetwork.org/Press Rel 6-8-00.htm
Intelligent Design network, inc.
P.O. Box 14702, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66285-4702
(913) 268-0852; (913)-268-0852 (fax); IDnet@att.net
www.IntelligentDesignnetwork.org June 8, 2000 NEWS RELEASE: Contact: Intelligent Design network, inc.
John Calvert, Managing Director
816-460-5807 or 913-268-0852 IDnet URGES KANSAS SCHOOL BOARDS TO REJECT
NATIONAL SCIENCE STANDARDS PROPOSED BY KANSAS CITIZENS FOR SCIENCE Shawnee Mission, Ks. - John Calvert, a Managing Director of Intelligent Design network, inc., announced today that IDnet had mailed a letter to each member of the Boards of Education of the 304 Unified School Districts in Kansas. The IDnet letter urges the board members to reject an April 30 proposal of Kansas Citizens for Science to replace the standards recently adopted by the Kansas State Board of Education with a set of Standards backed by several National Science Organizations. The IDnet letter may be found on the "publications" page of IDnet's web site. The specific address is:

49. Kansas
The other kansas State Board of education control is QPA Quality PerformanceAccreditation. This has been quite controversial.
http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/Handbook/States/kansas.html
KANSAS
I. Background:
Kansas still has a misdemeanor sodomy law. No openly LGBT officials, elected or appointed, reside in Kansas. No hate laws. No protection against discrimination. One thing Kansas does have going for it is that those folks at the State Board of Education respond to inquiries succinctly and if the reply isn't what you would refer to as warm, at least it is prompt The American Bar Association (ABA) recommended in 1990 that all state codes on judicial conduct adopt non-discrimination prohibitions that include sexual orientation, which 25 states did, including Kansas. The regular state legislative session runs from Jan-08 to May-06 and the state's Home Page is at URL http://www.accesskansas.org/ and there you can find contact information for the Governor and the Legislature.
II. Education Specific Information:
The Home Page for the State Department of Education is http://www.ksbe.state.ks.us/ and there you will find contact and other information on the State Board, the State Commissioner, and K-12 Schools. You may locate any school or school district in your state by going to the following search engine: http://www.asd.com/

50. Blogcritics.org: Kansas Board Of Education Much Less Evolved Than Previously Tho
Blogcritics “In fact, some of these people have actually devolved during the 80years since the Scopes ‘Monkey’ trial,” says Bill Thornton,
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Posted by Robert Brady on May 05, 2005 09:36 PM (See all posts by Robert Brady Filed under: Culture Culture/Tech: Education Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire Culture/Tech: Religion ... Culture/Tech: Science and Health Scroll down to read comments on this story and/or add one of your own. The Scopes Trial : A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) Jeffrey P. Moran

51. KANSAS DE-EVOLVES ON SCIENCE TEACHING: SCHOOLS MAY TEACH CREATIONISM, NEW AGE AC
Ina 64 vote Wednesday, the kansas Board of education adopted new guidelineswhich set the most anti-evolution science education standards in the country,
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KANSAS DE-EVOLVES ON SCIENCE TEACHING: SCHOOLS MAY TEACH CREATIONISM, NEW AGE ACCOUNTS OF LIFE
Web Posted: August 14, 1999 n a 6-4 vote Wednesday, the Kansas Board of Education adopted new guidelines which set "the most anti-evolution science education standards in the country," according to the Washington Times newspaper. The action ignored the recommendations of a 27-member committee of scientists and teachers that had labored for more than a year grappling with questions of education, religion and public school instruction. As a result, the state's 304 school districts will now be given the option of presenting scientific evolution, creationism or other accounts in science instruction classes. Dr. John Staver, who chaired the scientific committee that drafted the original recommendations, called the board's decision "a travesty to science education," and added: "Kansas just embarrassed itself on the national stage." He predicted that as a result of the vote, students in Kansas "are going to be behind their peers," because of "incomplete" science education. Governor Bill Graves echoed that sentiment, telling the Kansas Journal-World newspaper, "This is a terrible, tragic, embarrassing solution to a problem that did not exist." And committee co-chair Loren Lukes said that the majority of the education board chose religious beliefs over the scientific literacy of students. "They have no basis for their changes other than their own belief system," Lutes declared.

52. KANSAS IS NEXT BATTLEGROUND IN EVOLUTION DEBATE
On Wednesday, the kansas Board of education meets for a showdown over a newstatewide curriculum covering all primary and high schools that wipes out
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KANSAS IS NEXT BATTLEGROUND IN EVOLUTION DEBATE
Web Posted: August 9, 1999 ike Dorothy and her dog in the famous "Wizard of Oz" book, the standard of teaching evolution as a scientific fact may not be around much longer in Kansas public schools. On Wednesday, the Kansas Board of Education meets for a showdown over a new statewide curriculum covering all primary and high schools that "wipes out virtually all mention of evolution and related concepts: natural selection, common ancestors and the origin of the universe," according to the Washington Post. Proposed by a vocal conservative majority which now holds sway on the Board, the curriculum guidelines while not explicitly prohibiting the teaching of evolution leave the door open for infusing school classes with creationist and other religious doctrines by declaring that "no evidence contradicting a current scientific theory shall be censored." Other proposed sections leave out any reference to Marco-evolution, the concept that species evolve into other species given time and the propitious physical conditions. And the proposed guidelines leave out a critical statement included in current standards which requires all students to understand "that evolution by natural selection is a broad, unifying theoretical framework in biology." The Wednesday meeting caps years of work in Kansas and other states Claims like that lead to other questions which reflect cultural stresses and dislocations in an increasingly complex and secular culture. Creationist advocates often include other objections to public school curriculum, touching upon issues such as sex education, teaching tolerance and that charge that the nation's public schools are hostage to a "conspiracy" of secular humanists. Some, such as Christian Reconstructionist Samuel Blumenfeld, charge that the problem is not just what is being taught in schools, but the entire public school system which "undermines Christians' ability to influence their children." According to the Kansas City Star newspaper, Blumenfeld and other Christian conservatives "want to return to a time when public schools worked," and supposedly reflected the views of Calvinist founders "who believed that man is, by nature, a depraved creature who needs fear of a higher power to do the right thing."

53. KNEA - Quality Teaching - State Board News
KNEA, kansas National education Association The State Board is expected todiscuss these issues further at their September meeting.
http://www.knea.org/teachers/state_board_news.htm
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Health Standards
At the September meeting, State Board members reviewed and debated portions of the proposed Health Standards. The board members debated whether or not students should "opt in" or have signed parent permission forms to attend the sex education portion of the health curriculum.
Currently in most schools, students attend the classes unless parents "opt them out." The districts are not bound by the State Boards' recommendations concerning the Health Standards. The standards are only recommendations to the school districts because the state does not test students on health standards as part of district accreditation.
There were two motions and votes on the "opt in" or "opt out" options. The board split 5-5 on both votes. Kathy Martin from Clay Center voted with the moderates on the board to continue the current "opt out" system. Ms Martin said that the "opt in" procedure would be too cumbersome on districts that are already stretched for time to complete required paperwork.

54. KNEA - Kansas National Education Association - FAQs
The kansas National education Association s mission is to empower its members A teacher shall give written notice to the board of education of a school
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  • Who may join KNEA?
    What is the mission of KNEA?
    What services does KNEA provide members? How does KNEA assist members in their classrooms? ... What is the deadline for my school district to inform me if I am being non-renewed? When do I have to tell my district I plan to resign?
  • 1. Who may join KNEA?
    KNEA members are teachers from every level of public education, including preschool through higher education; prospective educators in teacher preparation programs; and retired educators. KNEA members are educational support personnel such as school secretaries, paraprofessionals and custodians. Public school teachers interested in KNEA membership may contact their KNEA Building Representative, their area UniServ Office, or KNEA Headquarters. Back to top 2. What is the mission of KNEA?

    55. 2003-003 | 2/18/2003 | Kansas Attorney General Opinion
    Re SchoolsBoards of education in Cities of First and Second 728205 whendetermining in part the authority of the kansas State Board of education to
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    Search By: Number Date Requestor Topic ... Fulltext February 18, 2003 ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION NO. Richard R. Yoxall, Counsel
    Unified School District No. 480
    101 West 4 th Street
    Liberal, Kansas 67901 Re: SchoolsBoards of Education in Cities of First and Second ClassesPowers and Duties of Board; Cities of the First Class; Publication; Name, Position and Salary of Superintendent and Department Heads Synopsis: Dear Mr. Yoxall: As legal counsel for Unified School District No. 480, you request our opinion regarding whether Unified School District No. 480 is required by K.S.A. 72-1623 to publish in a newspaper the names, positions and salaries of the superintendent and department heads of the School District. Pursuant to K.S.A. 72-1623, "[a] board shall establish and maintain a system of free public schools for all children residing in the city school district and may make all necessary rules and regulations for the government and conduct of such schools, consistent with the laws of the state. . . ." The board is to "hold the title to, and have the care and keeping of all school buildings and other school properties belonging to the city school district [and] may, in its discretion, open any or all school buildings for community purposes. . . ." The board is further authorized to sell school buildings and other school properties that it determines are not needed by the city school district.

    56. Educational Literature | Professional Education Associations | World Book
    kansas kansas State Department of education http//www.ksbe.state.ks.us/.kansas State Board of education http//www.ksbe.state.ks.us/commiss/board.html
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    57. State Regulation Of Private Schools - Kansas
    The policy must be filed with the kansas Board of education and provide a minimumschedule of evaluations. Every employee must be evaluated at least one
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    State Regulation of Private Schools - June 2000
    Kansas
    Registration/Licensing/Accreditation: Recordkeeping/Reports: Every nonpublic school operating within Kansas must require proof of identity, e.g. Length of School Year/Day: Teacher Certification: Curriculum: Special Education: Health: Safety: Transportation: Public Aid for Private Schools/Private School Students: The Kansas Constitution prohibits any control of the public educational funds by religious sects. Kansas Const., Art. 6, Sec. 6. Homeschooling: The Kansas compulsory attendance law requires that the parents of children ages 7 through 18 have those children regularly attend school during the school year. The compulsory attendance law can be satisfied through home schooling, provided it is operated for substantially the same length of time as the public schools (1,116 hours per year), be taught by a "competent instructor", offer planned and scheduled instruction appropriate to the age-level of each student being educated, and monitors and keeps records of the achievement and progress of its students. Additionally, private nonaccredited schools, including home schools, must register with the State Board of Education. Miscellaneous: Updated January 2000
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    58. Brown V. Board Of Education 50th Anniversary Commission Home Page
    Home page of the Brown v Board of education 50th Anniversary Commission. US Department of education PO Box 8617 kansas City, MO 641145802
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    59. Kansas Fine Arts Requirements
    The kansas Board of education is working toward eliminating the Carnegie Unit (seattime) requirements for high school graduation.
    http://205.214.78.128/~kansasar/FAreq02.htm
    History is Made!
    New Kansas Requirements for Fine Arts
    Thanks to the efforts of hundreds of arts advocates in our state, the Kansas State Department of Education recently approved new regulations for high school graduation that included one unit of fine arts. Requirements for fine arts programs in Kansas schools include several other stipulations:
  • A component of the new QPA/ESEA regulations specifies that districts must “have in place…quality assurance measures” at both the elementary and secondary levels programs to support learning and growth. Included in these are the computer literacy, counseling services, fine arts, language arts, library services, mathematics, physical education, science, services for students with special needs, and history and government. (SBR 91-31-17) One-hundred percent of those teaching core subjects must be fully certified/licensed in the subject they teach, including music, art and drama/speech. Local boards of education will decide which courses may be included as a fine art (as they do mathematics, science, etc.). The regulatory language that the board agreed upon states, “One unit of fine arts, which may include art, music, dance, theatre, debate and other similar studies selected by a local board of education.” (We’re working to have the word “debate” exchanged for “forensics.”) The fine arts graduation requirement will be in effect for freshman entering high school in 2005-2006, with an option to begin as early as 2003/04
  • 60. Kansas Education Curriculum Evolves Away From Creationism
    Sue Gamble is one of the kansas State Board of education who voted to reinstatecurriculum about evolution. Two years ago, the kansas State Board of
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    by Jim Geraghty , SpeakOut.com Staff Writer
    Thursday, February 15, 2001 Sue Gamble is one of the Kansas State Board of Education who voted to reinstate curriculum about evolution. Two years ago, the Kansas State Board of Education ignited a firestorm of controversy by voting to remove from the state's public school curriculum the theory of evolution as the sole explanation of the origin of man. But in a 7-to-3 vote Wednesday, the board reversed that decision, reinstating evolution as the sole theory and essentially mandating evolution be taught in public schools throughout the state. An omen of the change came last August when voters in a Republican primary defeated two of the members of the school board who had supported the earlier anti-evolution decision. A third conservative board member resigned and moved out of the state. All three of the new board members who replaced those conservatives, Republicans Sue Gamble, Bruce Wyatt, and Carol Rupe voted in favor of the new standards. The anti-evolution standards, crafted by religious conservatives on the previous board, brought Kansas international attention and significant ridicule from scientists and science groups.

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