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July 1, 2009

KANSAS NEWS
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Additional funding approved [Arkansas City Traveler]

USD 234 smoking ban begins today [Fort Scott Tribune]

Tuition costs to increase at Pittsburg State University [Fort Scott Tribune]

School board adjusts for bond project [Garden City Telegram]

State $126M short; more cuts to come -- As governor decides where to trim, legislators indicate schools a likely target [Hutchinson News]

Changing of the guards on Buhler school board [Hutchinson News]

USD 308 board veteran sits in on her last meeting [Hutchinson News]

KCK School Honored -- Newsweek Magazine Lists Sumner Academy Among Top Public High Schools [KCTV]

USD 501 school board says goodbye to Betty Horton [KTKA]

School officials dread state budget decisions as new fiscal year starts [Lawrence Journal World]

USD 416 July office hours changed [Louisburg Herald]

USD 383 Board of Education to seat newest member [Manhattan Mercury]

Stimulus to fund teaching positions [Pittsburg Morning Sun]

Truancy program helps families [Pittsburg Morning Sun]

Shadwick says he'll seek seat held by Moran [Salina Journal]

School board closes out budget [Tonganoxie Mirror]

USD 501 finalizes 2008-09 [Topeka Capital-Journal]

USD 501 approves bowl game [Topeka Capital-Journal]

Wichita Eagle’s school cheerleading isn’t helpful [Wichita Liberty.org]

Kansas needs independent charter schools [Wichita Liberty.org]

National News
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Not going to college? How about a 'career diploma' from high school? The provision in Louisiana puts the state in the center of a national debate about where to set the bar for high school graduation. [Christian Science Monitor]

Studies Probe 'Value-Added' Measures [Education Week]

States, Districts in Delicate Dance on Stimulus [Education Week]

Top-Scoring Nations Share Strategies on Teachers [Education Week]

Board of Education revived as mayoral control of schools in limbo, expected to keep Chancellor Klein [New York Post]

Teacher-certification programs booming in N.J. [Philadelphia Inquirer]

** Throwing a Lifeline to Struggling Teachers -- Montgomery Program Embraces Peer Review [Washington Post]