Career & Technical Education (CTE)

Fifty high school students in Kansas City Public Schools are experiencing a different kind of summer education as they explore different careers in the classroom and beyond.

The nonprofit works with students living in the Kansas City Public School district to increase awareness of the environment.

The Kansas Promise Scholarship will pay the cost of tuition, fees and books for students in dozens of programs at Johnson County Community College and Kansas City, Kansas Community College.

Kansas City, Missouri — Time was, a fledgling tech company called CivicPlus had to explain to prospective customers why it was based in Kansas — and not…

A teenager wakes up, gets ready for school. Slips a smartphone into her pocket on the way out the door.Her day may well include some biology or chemistry,…

Graduation season is upon us, which means celebration and cliché advice. But a lot of the age-old wisdom doesn't quite ring true in today's changing…

A construction worker from Drexel, Missouri, is using poetry to positively affect the perception of blue-collar trades.Eric Borden's poem "Ditch Diggers"…

Student Matthew Fitch wanted a low-cost, quick entry into the workforce. That’s all he wanted. So he transferred from a community college to WSU Tech —...

KANSAS CITY — Seventy hours a week got old. Fast. So did working multiple jobs.So Joseph Cowsert wept tears of joy and relief the day he got word while…

Segment 1: The cost of higher education has shot up faster than family income in recent decades.Economists and education experts suggest students think…

Life is expensive. Rent, health care, raising a family, saving for retirement — it adds up. But so does college debt. In fact, the cost of college shot up…

TOPEKA — The glittery gold print on Cara Simon’s graduation cap begged — maybe only half-jokingly — for a break: “Can I take a nap now?”Toilsome college…