Kansas Department of Public Instruction and Kansas State Department of Education : selected newspaper clippings, 1891-1999 / Collected and photocopied by the Kansas State Historical Society. 1891-1991

Kansas State Historical Society. Library and Archives Division

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Kansas. State Board of Education

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The first Kansas State Board of Education, made up of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the presidents of the four state colleges/universities, was created in 1873, but it was not given policy-making authority. It was to certify teachers and to administer teaching exams, and in 1893 it was authorized to accredit schools of education. The State Superintendent presented to this Board for its approval or rejection school textbook recommendations, courses of study and curriculum, pl...

Kansas. State Department of Education

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The Kansas State Superintendent of Public Instruction was a constitutional office created in 1861 and filled through regular elections every two years. This individual had general supervision over educational activities, except state educational institutions. He had charge of the distribution of school moneys, and of the publication of school laws, forms, rules, regulations, and blanks. The first State Board of Education, made up of the State Superintendent and the presidents of the four state c...

Kansas. State Dept. of Public Instruction.

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