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Sep 04

Educating Children in Wartime Kansas, 1863

Posted to KGI Online Library Blog on September 4, 2019 at 10:07 AM by Bill Sowers

A recent addition to the State Library of Kansas' KGI Online Library:  The 1863 Annual Report of the Kansas Superintendent of Public Instruction.  Step back in history and get an idea how Kansans struggled to provide a decent education for their children in a time of war...

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Tag(s): Universities, Schools, Public Schools, Education, Colleges, Civil War

Apr 04

The State of Education in Kansas 150 Years Ago

Posted to KGI Online Library Blog on April 4, 2019 at 4:12 PM by Bill Sowers

A look at the state of education in Kansas 150 years ago:  The 8th Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Kansas...

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Tag(s): Public Schools, Education of deaf children, Education of blind children, Education finance, Education, County school systems, Colleges and Universities

Aug 07

Kansas Public Schools in the 1940s

Posted to KGI Online Library Blog on August 7, 2018 at 3:54 PM by Bill Sowers

Twelve publications from the mid 1940s issued by the Kansas State Department of Public Instruction covering a broad spectrum of topics of interest to Kansas educators and students in the fast paced years of change following World War II.

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Tag(s): Public Schools, Post-World War II years, Education, 1940s