charter schools

Nearly 100 teachers at the Ewing Marion Kauffman School are unionizing in an effort to reduce teacher turnover and raise their pay. If they win recognition, they will be only the second charter school in Missouri to unionize.

Hogan Preparatory Academy will have to pay $950,000 to a former student who alleges a teacher at the middle school sexually harassed and inappropriately touched her when she was 11.

Legislation prefiled for the 2023 session would expand charter schools, help parents fund private school education and give homeschoolers access to public school activities.

University Academy students and parents and various community activist groups gathered Wednesday to discuss an incident where a teacher allegedly used the racial slur in class. Some attendees presented a list of demands to the school.

The most controversial of the bills that took effect Sunday put new restrictions on voting and voter registration, including a requirement to show a photo ID to cast a ballot.

Lead to Read KC uses volunteer reading mentors for one-on-one sessions to establish the "foundation for all other learning."

Some Missouri parents could receive up to $6,375 to cover the cost of their child to attend private schools, parochial schools or even some costs associated with virtual or home school.

An original version of the bill would have taken funding from Kansas City and St. Louis Public Schools, but lawmakers found a compromise that education leaders are happy with.

A previous version of the legislation would have taken money away from public school districts to make up for a disparity in funding for public charter schools. Now, the state would handle that responsibility.

Under a bill passed by the Missouri House, millions in public school funds from both Kansas City and St. Louis Public Schools would have been transferred to charter schools. But the Senate's substitute bill would use state money to fund charters instead.

Kansas lawmakers are on the verge of letting students attend public schools outside the districts where they live. That push to open enrollment pits conservative school-choice advocates against school administrators. Plus, America’s entire fleet of long-range stealth bombers are based at Whiteman Air Force Base 60 miles east of Kansas City.

In the Kansas City area, universities have been some of the most prominent sponsors of the public charter schools. But in just the past few years, several ended the relationships or saw charter schools removed by the state.