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Paying for pre-K is a huge burden for families with young children, even for parents with good jobs.Tiffany Price has one of those. She works with teen…
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Kansas City Mayor Sly James' term is rapidly coming to an end. At his final State of the City address Tuesday night, James reflected on his tenure, but…
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Kansas City’s tangled school boundaries will make the mayor’s pre-K plan difficult to administer, opponents argued Monday at a news conference in the…
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Segment 1: The debate over free pre-kindergarten. At face value, the idea of universal preschool sounds great. And that's exactly what Kansas City Mayor…
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Missouri lawmakers are starting pay attention to turnaround efforts in the Kansas City Public Schools – and one member of the school board says that’s…
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Segment 1: Teaching kids about identity.Concepts like race, gender and social class can be difficult concepts to address — even for adults. So how do you…
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Segment 1: The former Missouri senator balances heavy workloads as CEO of Truman Medical Center and president of the state Board of Education.These days,…
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Segment 1: To school or unschool, that is the question.Unschooling combines the ideals of Montessori schools with homeschooling; letting kids dictate…
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There aren’t enough licensed child care centers in Wyandotte County to serve all working families with young children, according to a community health…
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Segment 1: Most people agree access to pre-K needs to be expanded. Not everyone agrees on how to pay for and oversee it.Days after Kansas City Mayor Sly…
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Kansas City Mayor Sly James announced Friday he will temporarily table his plans to fund pre-K education with a 3/8-cent sales tax, a quick reversal of…
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New routines as school starts can overwhelm kindergarteners, especially if they didn’t go to preschool.That’s why many Kansas City area school districts…