KU Honors Scholars Dine for 59 Area Seniors in Liberal
Fifty nine seniors from Grant Haskell Morton Seward Stanton and Stevens counties will be named Kansas Honor Scholars at a Seward County Community College event in Liberal Tonight. The KU Alumni Association and KU Endowment sponsor the program with guest speaker Kevin Corbett and dictionaries for each honoree. Local coordinators and volunteers manage reservations at 15 per person.
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Emancipation Proclamation and Civil War Turning Point
The article traces Lincoln's shift during the Civil War from preserving the Union to making ending slavery a Union goal. It covers the 1862 preliminary and 1863 proclamation, Black troops, and the 1865 13th Amendment finalizing abolition, with context on political motives and wartime realities.
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U.S. students show modest math gains but gap persists
The National Assessment of Educational Progress finds fourth and eighth graders at best in math and reading, with 40 percent of fourth graders and 35 percent of eighth graders proficient in math. Reading proficiency remains around one third, as experts urge faster progress toward No Child Left Behind goals amid waiver discussions and state efforts.
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