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How a Kansas City area community college is helping students handle the housing crisis
Shawn Derritt, Kansas City Kansas Community College’s dean of student services, said that research has found that safe housing on or close to campus improves academic outcomes for community college students.
Don’t miss Missouri’s back-to-school tax holiday
Missouri’s back-to-school sales tax holiday begins the first Friday in August and stretches through midnight on the following Sunday. This year, that’s Aug. 5-7.
This Missouri government program pays for students to attend religious schools
MOScholars relies on six nonprofits to carry out much of the K-12 scholarship program, including choosing which schools to work with, accepting donations and creating scholarship accounts for students.
How a Missouri council is looking to combat the school-to-prison pipeline for students with disabilities
Studies show that students of color and students with disabilities are suspended and referred to police more often than their peers in schools across Missouri. This disproportionate rate of discipline can disrupt their education and push these students into the criminal justice system. A new Missouri grant aims to help change the process. The Missouri…
Independence parent says book removal sends message that ‘my kid is not welcome’
District parent Wendy Baird thinks “Cats vs. Robots” might have disappeared from Independence School District libraries without fanfare had she not attended the board’s June 14 meeting.
Schools for sale: What KCPS does with buildings after they close
If a buyer is able to revitalize the building, Askew Elementary School will join the ranks of 20 former KCPS schools that have been transformed under the district’s repurposing plan or have been sold to buyers with specific plans to use them.
North Kansas City Schools programs help teens with disabilities become adults with careers
Project SEARCH serves students with disabilities who have completed their graduation requirements and return as fifth-year seniors to gain workplace experience in a supportive environment.
KCPS has more money to spend next year. Here’s what students, staff can expect to see
Erin Thompson said priorities this year were driven by the academic division, which pushed to have reading and math interventionists in each building to help struggling students and raise test scores.
For KC school leaders, security isn’t just about safety – it’s about processing trauma
Three school systems – Kansas City Public Schools, North Kansas City Schools and DeLaSalle Education Center – share their security plans when it comes to visitors, school resource officers and more.
Are you willing to close schools to fund improvements? KCPS wants to know
As part of its long-term planning initiative, known as Blueprint 2030, the district is asking residents to weigh in on three scenarios, each of which strikes a different balance between closing schools and skipping potential improvements.
Kansas rural families, parents of toddlers face a shortage of licensed child care providers, report says
In the Kansas City area, spaces in Wyandotte County’s licensed child care centers cover about one-third of the potential demand for spots. Slots in Johnson County cover about two-thirds of potential demand.
Facebook posts spark discussion about racism, overcrowding in Blue Valley school district
Under the new law, each district will determine its capacity and accept applications for any spaces not filled by district residents. Districts will use a lottery system to allocate spots if there are more applicants than spaces.
The impact of free community college in Kansas is already showing
After Gov. Laura Kelly signed an education bill into law May 16, the Kansas Promise Scholarship program will be expanded to include additional career areas and age groups.
Here’s how Kansas City, Kansas, schools design their budget and how you can weigh in
The KCKPS school board is intensifying its work on the 2022-23 budget as summer approaches. But dealing with the budget is a year-round process that involves the state of Kansas, the federal government and input from the public.
‘We need to get it together’: Park Hill school board election reinforces focus on diversity, access
“Current events in society and in our nation and in our community have definitely proven to us that we have greater work to do,” said Terri Deayon, the district’s director of access, inclusion and family engagement. “But it’s been encouraging to see our work and the things that we’ve been doing this year begin to…
Lawmakers want to expand eligibility for free community college in Kansas
While 663 students received the Kansas Promise Scholarship during the first semester of the new program, according to an early 2022 report to the Kansas Legislature, nearly 75% of those who applied didn’t receive an award.
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