Education

The middle of a pandemic is a tough time to ask taxpayers for more money. But Shawnee Mission is dealing with a crisis of teacher morale and aging buildings in need of maintenance.

Without extracurricular activities or standardized test scores, students with ambitious college plans are doing so without the resume they had hoped would win over admissions officers.

Charters don’t get as much local revenue as traditional public schools. They also aren’t subject to the same state ratings.

College students reflect on how COVID-19 has changed campus life during one of the loneliest semesters ever.

Schools and child care centers sometimes struggle to get families to get flu shots. Teachers expect they'll have to do parent education around the new COVID-19 vaccine, too.

The academy's director hopes to help increase the diversity of police forces in Missouri and the region.

If few students are enrolled as college majors in a department at a state university in Kansas, the program could get cut.

Kansas City Public Schools plan to use a lottery to make admissions fairer and cut the need to set an alarm just to apply.

The building dates from 1920, when Providence Hospital opened.

The coronavirus-driven decision puts a halt to in-person classes for the largest school district in Kansas.

The coronavirus made schools adapt to kids learning from home. And that's made the need to shut down schooling for bad weather a bit on an anachronism.

High school theater students are forging ahead with fall productions, many of which will be performed online. Grandview High School is doing 'She Kills Monsters' this weekend.