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Dec. 4, 2025
Preschool-aged children learning essential language skills lays the foundation for building their literacy skills as they move through their early school years.
“It lights up those language processing centers on the left side of the brain, which is where reading happens,” said Janea Gray, who was the keynote speaker for the Kinders Can! conference on Dec. 4, in Lawrence. “It's getting that great vocabulary in there, which is a huge part of structured literacy.”
This month on KSDE’s Insight Podcast, we’re talking about something that affects every child’s future: civic readiness. Across the country, there’s growing momentum to give students richer opportunities to engage with real issues, collaborate with others, and contribute to their communities — and high-quality civic learning is helping make those meaningful experiences a reality.
Lexcee Oddo, a teacher of English language learners (ELL) in Turner USD 202, has been named the 2025 Milken Educator for Kansas.
During its Dec. 9-10 meeting in Topeka, the Kansas State Board of Education will receive an update on the agency’s school improvement initiative designed to boost student academic success.
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