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Members of the Kansas State Board of Education met during a special meeting on Sept. 25, to begin the process of searching for a new commissioner of education.
On Sept. 10, board members voted to accept Kansas Education Commissioner Dr. Randy Watson’s intent to retire. He told the board he would remain in his position until his successor begins their tenure.
Have a question about your child’s education? Kansas Education Commissioner Dr. Randy Watson wants to hear from you.
Rachel Marlow is still coming to terms with, in her words, the “shock and awe” of becoming the 2026 Kansas Teacher of the Year.
“I was just so honored to be chosen and recognized in a room full of outstanding educators,” the Olathe USD 233 elementary music teacher said about the moment her name was read on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Dale Dennis Kansas Teacher of the Year banquet. “It’s humbling. The full scope of it probably hasn’t hit me just yet.”
The 2026 Kansas Teacher of the Year (KTOY) will be announced this Saturday, Sept. 20.
Kansas Education Commissioner Dr. Randy Watson will name the 2026 Kansas Teacher of the Year at a gathering of more than 370 educators, business representatives and others during the Dale Dennis Kansas Teacher of the Year Banquet at the Marriott Hotel, in Wichita. Stay tuned to the Kansas State Department of Education’s Facebook and X channels for the official announcement of the winner on Saturday night.
While third grade students across Kansas and the U.S. celebrated Constitution Day by participating in a virtual mock trial, students and staff members across Derby USD 266 also celebrated Constitution Day on Wednesday, Sept. 17.
The conversion to the Kansas Education Data System, known as KEDS, is expected to take some significant steps forward during the 2025-26 school year.
Every parent wants their child to be a confident reader. But what really helps children learn to read? In this episode of the KSDE Insight Podcast, Kansas Education Commissioner Dr. Randy Watson talks with literacy experts about the Science of Reading, the research that explains how the brain learns to read and why it matters for your child.
Members of the Kansas State Board of Education were presented with additional information about the 2025 state assessment cut scores during their monthly meeting, Sept. 9-10, in Topeka.
Staff members of the Kansas State Department of Education’s career, standards and assessment services, told board members individual student, building and district-level results of past spring’s new summative assessments are now available on the Kite® educator portal. These updated reports provide insights into student performance relative to grade-level learning standards in English language arts (grades 3–8, 10), mathematics (grades 3–8, 10), and science (grades 5 and 8).
Members of the Kansas State Board of Education will hear reports on the 2025 spring assessments during their monthly meeting, Sept. 9-10, in Topeka.
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