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A project that will help special educators and students in schools in underserved areas of Kansas recently received an $84,000 grant from the Kansas Board of Regents.

Academic skills, employability and citizenship skills, technology, all under the shadow of school financing — how are Kansans to determine what K-12 schools must do to prepare its children for their lives after high school graduation?

Masons across the state of Kansas are partnering with Emporia State University to create the Kansas Masonic Literary Center (KMLC) on the Emporia State campus. The initiative was publicly announced by the Masons last week during the 160th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Kansas. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed a proclamation to recognize the special day, March 18, 2016, as Kansas Masons’ Day.

Five in 2016 so far, 18 in 2015, 36 in 2014 — in total, more than 100 incidents have occurred in the U.S. in the last 10 years involving guns, students and schools. Some of these were suicides, some were mass shootings, some were the result of arguments — all affected the schools, educators, and surviving students.

A project to assist rural schools with science, technology and math instruction backed by Emporia State faculty recently received a nearly $200,000 grant.

The Department of School Leadership/Middle and Secondary Teacher Education at Emporia State University was recently recognized as one of the best online programs of its kind in the nation.

The seven members of the 2016 class of Kansas Master Teachers were announced today.

The Instructional Design and Technology program at Emporia State University has been recognized as one of the best online programs of its kind in the nation.

You see them everywhere. First they were at hobby and craft stores, then book stores, now you can find them in the magazine stands at grocery stores. They are the coloring books for grown-ups, some claiming to be “art therapy.”

While numerous people are familiar with the names Gary Kubiak and Ron Rivera facing off in Superbowl 50 in a few days, most coaches – from youth leagues to college – are not as well known to the masses. But what famed coaches and the coach of your child’s soccer team coaches have in common are the abilities to build teams, develop skills, and motivate their players.