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Ray Weikal/Kansas City Public SchoolsThe district purchased the devices when they still thought this school year would start in person, but since everyone is learning virtually, students need more data. -
Carlos Moreno/KCUR 89.3The new guidance, which came out quietly on Wednesday, has stricter thresholds than the gating criteria in use in many school districts across the country.
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Some parents might be able to get at least part of their paycheck if their kids' classes via Zoom are preventing them from working.
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Just because students are starting the semester virtually doesn’t mean they’re learning from home.
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Hickman Mills school board member DaRon McGee criticized a tax deal that would bring a new Price Chopper to South Kansas City. But other board members say he didn't have their permission to speak about the project.
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The database, now run by the National Education Association (NEA), has served as an outlet for teachers to report cases in districts refusing to publicize them.
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Kinship families, who take in foster children who are related to them, are more likely to lack computers and other tools needed for online learning, say foster care agencies.
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From after-school programs to adult education, parents in Kansas and Missouri are doing one of two things: fight to keep programs open or create resources to solve their own problems.
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The Jackson County Health Department says all students should learn virtually when there's community spread of the coronavirus. But Johnson County health officials says elementary students can learn face-to-face.
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How do you study and serve at the same time? Kansas National Guard members explain the difficulty of deploying for the pandemic and protests while in school.
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Schools count on census to help them serve vulnerable kids, but many of those families haven't filled it out yet. Disruption caused by the coronavirus could mean less money for years to come.
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All students in the Shawnee Mission School District will start the year virtually to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But some parents say society has "moved on" from the pandemic, and it's time to get kids back in school buildings.
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In her lawsuit, S.L. alleged that Tarwater emotionally and psychologically abused her during high school and then had sex with her when she turned 21.
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A proposal that would allow school districts in Kansas City to recoup their tax revenue faces an uphill battle at City Hall.
