KSDE Weekly

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Posted: Jul 31, 2025
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By Amanda Petersen, director of KSDE early childhood 

KSDE available to support quality early childhood programming this school year 

A child’s earliest years are an incredible opportunity to support later success. More than 90% of a child’s brain architecture develops by age five, and one million new neural connections happen every second during the first few years of life. 

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Posted: Jul 23, 2025
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By Amanda Petersen, director, KSDE early childhood 

Engaging with families as children begin kindergarten supports kindergarten readiness and later student success. To advance kindergarten readiness, all Kansas elementary schools are required to partner with families of incoming kindergarten students to collect kindergarten-entry data using the Ages & Stages Questionnaires®, Third Edition (ASQ-3) and the Ages & Stages Questionnaires®: Social-Emotional, Second Edition (ASQ:SE-2). 

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Posted: Jul 3, 2025
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The window for submitting information to the Career and Technical Education (CTE) pathways student data management system is open through Aug. 15.  

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