Kansas earns high marks for technology in Peabody
Peabody district uses federal grants and local funds to bring high speed computers wireless Internet and interactive distance learning to classrooms. Education Week ranks Kansas highly for access to computers and Internet but low for state tech investment. Students meet astronauts discuss space flight and view Mars rover footage as teachers and students embrace virtual field trips.
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District education data and tech progress in Kansas schools
Peabody Unified School District No 398 in Marion County Kansas serves 425 students with 38.6 percent on free or reduced lunch. District operates two buildings, budget 4.95 million dollars, staff includes one superintendent, two principals, 33 teachers. High school in Smoky Valley district Lindsborg received 500000 capital outlay for student laptops. Alexa Posny notes Kansas exposes students to technology though no mandatory graduation course.
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Vonnegut warns against misreading Bergeron in school funding clash
Lawrence AP reports Kurt Vonnegut disputes lawyers in Shawnee Mission misinterpreting his 1961 story Harrison Bergeron used to argue for unequal school funding. Vonnegut says the tale targets intelligence and talent, not wealth, and calls for equal educational access for all children regardless of wealth. Kansas legislature responds with a $142 million funding increase and local funding leverage.
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