Education

Maria Martinez, a student teacher at Mark Twain Elementary, wonders what it’ll be like to teach her kindergarten class in person for the first time all year. Here’s how she prepared for them.

The Johnson County Museum's Christmas decorations have delighted visitors since 1999. Now, a table set for a Seder and other Judaic pieces mark its first celebration of a non-Christian religious holiday.

Fewer Missourians are on unemployment, but many are underemployed compared to last year. That's kept demand high at the state's food banks.

The district is gathering information on why its bill spiked so much.

Khalil Jones is in his final semester at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and student teaching at East High School in the Kansas City Public Schools.

Maria Martinez is a senior at Emporia State University in Kansas. She is currently a student teacher in a kindergarten classroom in the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools.

Maria Martinez, una estudiante en su último año en Emporia State University en Kansas, está estudiando como interna en educación en Kansas City, Kansas.

The study's findings build on prior evidence that in-person learning is safe and does not contribute to COVID-19 outbreaks when schools implement safety measures.

It’s been a year since Gov. Laura Kelly closed every school in Kansas to slow the spread of coronavirus — and some educators have been teaching remotely ever since.

The cuts are a part of the university’s UMKC Forward plan that includes investing up to $60 million over the next five years in enrollment-boosting initiatives.

In the span of an hour, the air in a classroom should effectively change four to six times, replaced with outdoor air and appropriately recycled indoor air.

As more Americans go without enough food during the coronavirus pandemic, one East Community nonprofit is trying to fill a gap in the city's urban core. It's the brainchild of the late local lawmaker Carol Coe.