State public health officials reported 406 new coronavirus cases and five more deaths from COVID-19 over the weekend. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s coronavirus pandemic report for Monday showed increases of 406 new cases, 21 more hospitalizations, an additional five deaths and 6,958 more negative tests for COVID-19. The increases are from the last KDHE report, which came out on Friday. The state health department reported 12,465 cases have been identified in 92 of the state’s 105 counties. One new county was added to the list on Monday.
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When Kansas K-12 students head back to school in the fall, they may face an altered academic landscape as educators prepare districts for the possibility that the coronavirus will make in-person class time impossible for weeks on end. But a draft of statewide reopening guidance to schools, obtained by The Star, shows that educators preparing districts to navigate the pandemic see their work as an opportunity to advance changes that will affect how students are taught for decades. The document — under development by the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) — gives districts the framework to adopt a competency-based approach, which has made inroads in some districts nationwide over the past decade.
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