Elle Moxley
Education ReporterElle Moxley covers education for KCUR. You can reach her on Twitter @ellemoxley.
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The 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. -
The 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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Critically important brain development occurs in the first three years of a child's life. It's also when states invest the fewest resources.
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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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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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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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Educators are now considered essential workers who can continue to teach if exposed to COVID-19, as long as they remain asymptomatic. That has some teachers afraid to criticize re-entry plans they feel are unsafe.
