Benjamin Ryder

How Early Adopter Districts Are Moving Ahead Fast With AI — and Getting It Right

Districts nationwide are under pressure to advance artificial intelligence quickly, but haste without plan can backfire. AI has the potential to address long-standing issues ...

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Opinion: We Are High Achievers, But We Were Almost a Statistic

We had a bright future planned out when we started high school, and we were well on our way to realizing it. We were ...

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Big Tax Bill Passes Senate With Less ‘Beautiful’ Plan for National School Choice

As part of a big tax and spending plan that President Donald Trump hopes to sign by July 4, the Senate on Tuesday approved ...

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Opinion: When Students Don’t Show Up, It’s Not the Kids Failing. What Schools Should Do

One of the most pressing and misinterpreted indicators that kids are having difficulty connecting with their education or are dealing with serious issues outside ...

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Absent Federal Support, States Become Innovators in Early Care and Education

Register right away. A carefully chosen selection of articles on a significant early care and education issue are included in this roundup. Many early ...

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Opinion: Teachers Wary of Shuttering the Education Department, More Optimistic About AI

In 2025, teaching is paradoxical. On the one hand, it’s a period of exciting new opportunities: innovative staffing methods, artificial intelligence, and evidence-based curricula ...

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The “Sound of Music” Comes to Liberal

The Sound of Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein will be performed four times by the Rainbow Players of Liberal. There will be a matinee ...

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SWMC Honors the Life and Legacy of Dr. Andrey Ilyasov

Dr. Andrey Alexandrovich Ilyasov, a cherished physician and former Hospitalist Director, passed away on July 1, 2023, at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, Kansas. ...

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Pedestrian/Train Accident Claims the Life of a Liberal Man

A Liberal man was killed in a train/pedestrian accident. Around 2:09 p.m. on Monday, the collision happened at the intersection of S. Kansas Ave. ...

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SWMC Reaffirms Commitment to Zero Preventable Harm and Patient Safety

Vazquez, Janeth Southwest Medical Center (SWMC), located in Liberal, Kansas, is pleased to restate its dedication to attaining Zero Preventable Harm with a robust ...

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