Kansas City is asking voters to buy into its public school system for the first time in nearly 60 years. Even after Kansas City Public Schools regained accreditation and turned the tide of student performance, crumbling buildings offer a persistent reminder of the city's disinvestment. It's a relationship strained by decades of racism, a history-making desegregation case and plenty of internal turmoil.

Voters in the Park Hill School District will see two tax measures on their April 8 ballot. Proposition G would raise the operating tax rate to support teacher salary increases. Proposition O would allow the district to borrow money for building renovations and replacements.

The future of hundreds of investigations into possible civil rights violations at schools across the Midwest, and thousands more nationwide, are in question after the Trump Administration shuttered seven of 12 Department of Education offices charged with running the investigations.

The bond question in North Kansas City's April 8 election would help build new performing arts centers and two high schools and fund renovations at middle schools. The district says the tax rate would stay the same whether or not voters approve the bond.

For about 30 years, the Ph.D. Project has supported students from underrepresented groups who are earning doctoral degrees in business — including at the University of Kansas. Now, it's attracted the attention of Trump's Education Department.

In mid-Missouri, many rural school districts rely on Title Ⅰ grants for low-income schools, which are currently distributed through the U.S. Department of Education.

The bond plan calls for building new elementary schools, major renovations and reopening Southwest High School as a middle school. Kansas City voters have not passed a bond for KCPS since the 1960s, and the district has been left with more than $600 million worth of repair needs.

Kansas City Public Schools has goals to increase its numbers of Black and Latino teachers. A parents’ group says that’s race-based hiring and it’s discriminatory.

Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson urged districts to cancel breaks or extend the school year to make up for snow days. He is also proposing half-day summer school for young students who are struggling in reading and math.

Kansas City area school districts are training teachers and staff on protocols in case immigration agents try to enter a school. Meanwhile, the Plyler v. Doe decision guarantees the right of undocumented immigrant children to attend K-12 public schools.

The colleges under scrutiny include dozens of state schools such as the University of Kansas. The U.S. Department of Education claims the schools violated civil rights laws because of programs aimed at fixing longstanding racial disparities in their graduate programs.

El Distrito Escolar de Lee's Summit dijo que los padres siempre han tenido la opción de pedir a los bibliotecarios escolares que impidieran que sus hijos sacaran ciertos títulos. Pero a partir de este mes, pueden hacer una listade hasta 20 títulos que su hijo no podrá sacar de la biblioteca escolar.