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Carlos Moreno/KCUR 89.3Columbia Public Schools is asking a judge to dismiss Attorney General Eric Schmitt's lawsuit challenging mask mandates in classrooms. The ACLU of Missouri is also trying to intervene in the case on behalf of three children with disabilities. -
Carlos Moreno/KCUR 89.3Local resettlement agencies expect hundreds of refugees to arrive in the next few months. Engoma Fataki, once a refugee himself, is an interpreter who will help students from a dozen different countries when they attend the Global Academy at the International Welcome Center.
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Kindergarten enrollment dropped by about 9% statewide. Preschool enrollment dropped nearly 21%. It’s too soon to tell whether the declines were a one-time thing or if they’ve stretched into this fall. -
Chris Burnett, 34, who also coached a women's football team in Kansas City, died Saturday. He was not vaccinated.
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School staffing agencies say they're "staying above water" for now, but if more workers take time off over the flu and holiday season, schools could be strained to a breaking point.
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Some districts have buckled down on testing, masks and vaccinations. Others say they are better off making such mitigation measures optional.
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As more Kansas school districts report rising cases of COVID-19 and virus-related quarantines, educators are having to navigate a new state law that limits what they can offer online.
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A COVID-19 case at Trail Ridge Middle School, in the Gardner-Edgerton School District, is keeping most 7th and 8th graders out of class until Tuesday, Sept. 7. As of Aug. 31, the district had 231 students in quarantine.
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At the liberal arts college in Liberty, Missouri, a group of researchers called the Slavery, Memory and Justice Project has caused a reckoning with the college's past.
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Johnson County school districts began reporting their first COVID-19 data for the 2021-22 school year this week. All four northern Johnson County districts are each reporting dozens of students either with confirmed positive cases or in quarantine.
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Missouri was awarded nearly $185 million in federal funds to support the program’s implementation.
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As classes begin and the delta variant rages, Kansas universities are rolling out elaborate vaccine incentive programs. But it’s unclear whether they work.
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A lack of child care options in rural Kansas leaves families desperate and threatens the future of small towns.
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The state health department will offer public, private and charter K-12 schools a screening COVID testing program for the upcoming school year
