early childhood education

Since the retirement of Mesner Puppet Theater creator Paul Mesner, the nonprofit arts organization moved to a new home and rebranded as What If Puppets. They're also doubling down on a new focus: early childhood education.

In his State of the State address on Wednesday, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said he wants to use the state’s general revenue surpluses for major transportation and capital improvement projects.

Kindergarten enrollment dropped by about 9% statewide. Preschool enrollment dropped nearly 21%. It’s too soon to tell whether the declines were a one-time thing or if they’ve stretched into this fall.

The 14,000 square foot, early education facility has capacity for up to 430 children and 65 employees.

Maria Martinez is a senior at Emporia State University in Kansas. She is currently a student teacher in a kindergarten classroom in the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools.

Maria Martinez, interna en educación se pregunta cómo será enseñar a su clase de kinder por primera vez este año. Así se ha preparado para ellos.

A year of school closures, quarantines and work from home underscored the importance of child care, even as providers in the Kansas City area struggled to keep their doors open.

With community spread of the coronavirus remaining high in Kansas City, rules parents once thought would be short-lived now account for a huge chunk of kids' formative years. Can the lessons be unlearned?

Critically important brain development occurs in the first three years of a child's life. It's also when states invest the fewest resources.

Cleaning is still very important to stopping the spread of the coronavirus, a Kansas City program is now offering free digital music lessons, tax breaks are costing Kansas City Public Schools tens of millions of dollars a year, and a student newspaper editorial says the University of Kansas should reverse course on in-person classes.

As educators work to overcome new challenges — like virtual learning with kindergartners — Kansas City Public Schools is debuting a new daily educational TV show.

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