Elle Moxley
Education ReporterElle Moxley covers education for KCUR. You can reach her on Twitter @ellemoxley.
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New visa rules don't allow international students to stay in the U.S. if a coronavirus outbreak forces their university to move classes online. -
The 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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Coronavirus cases were on the rise in Kansas and Missouri even before the holiday weekend.
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Educators worry the inequality in Internet connectivity could make the "COVID slide" worse for some kids.
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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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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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Nichols developed the Country Club Plaza and helped finance the World War I Memorial but also entrenched Kansas City's stubborn racial divides.
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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.
