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KSDE annual report: literacy training, registered teacher apprenticeships, and rising graduation rates
Summary
Commissioner Randy Watson presented KSDE''s annual look-back for the 2024-25 school year on Oct. 14, highlighting structured-literacy training paid with ESSER funds, growth in registered teacher apprenticeships and record-high graduation metrics.
Commissioner Randy Watson gave the State Board of Education an annual report on Oct. 14 summarizing statewide K-12 performance, workforce and program initiatives for the 2024-25 school year.
Watson emphasized literacy and leadership development as two major board priorities. He summarized a KSDE professional-development program that provided structured-literacy training to educators in accredited schools, paid for with federal ESSER funds. Watson said about 7,200 educators had completed the formal course and another 17,000 staff had enrolled or completed parts of the multi-year training, numbers the department said will increase literacy-aligned instruction…
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