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Dan Videtich/Park UniversityNew visa rules don't allow international students to stay in the U.S. if a coronavirus outbreak forces their university to move classes online. -
Submitted photo/North Kansas City SchoolsThe Missouri State Board of Education will relax attendance rules next year so school districts still get paid if they opt for hybrid instruction models.
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A third party will look into complaints of racist bullying and sexual misconduct by the former principal of the district's alternative high school.
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Infectious disease experts encourage enforcing social distancing and requiring face masks for students and teachers and say child-to-adult transmission of COVID-19 is rare.
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BlueScope Construction has already pulled $7 million in tax revenue away from schools and libraries and is asking for another $8.4 million in incentives to stay in Kansas City.
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Tax incentives again become a source of contention, on top of the pandemic cutting into the city’s revenues. But BlueScope Construction says its extension was in the works before the truce between Kansas and Missouri, while Kansas City Public Schools argue it’s not worth the loss in public funding.
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Longer Days, Shorter Semesters: How COVID-19 Will Change Campus Life At Kansas And Missouri CollegesAmong other things, local colleges are planning to limit classroom capacity, put new restrictions on dorm life and end the fall semester early.
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More than 900,000 acres of tribal land in Kansas turned into $1.15 million dollars for land-grant universities, including Rutgers and Mississippi State.
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Yaw Obeng comes to south Kansas City with school turnaround experience from Vermont. He also oversaw the construction of new schools in a district in his native Canada.
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State officials say Mizzou isn't doing enough to ensure students at six charter schools, including two in Kansas City, are getting quality education.
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The three Crossroads Charter Schools are planning to rotate students in and out of classrooms to comply with social distancing guidelines. Or, families can opt for fully remote learning next year.
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Ahead of contract talks with the union, the Shawnee Mission School District has unveiled a plan to address workload concerns by hiring more middle and high school teachers.
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In Shawnee Mission Schools, for instance, what is currently projected to be a $7 million surplus could end up being at least a $13 million deficit.
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Parents are scrambling as hundreds of child care programs and summer activities have been canceled this summer due to COVID-19 restrictions. For our ongoing series The Next Normal, we explore how the summer crisis may forecast challenges for students and teachers in the fall.
