early childhood education

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…

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…

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…

Mayor Sly James is ready to fight for a 3/8-cent sales tax to improve access to quality preschool in Kansas City.“Only 35 percent of the kids in this city…

Segment 1: If approved, the proposed 3/8-cent sales tax to fund expanded early childhood education in Kansas City will be on the November ballot.With the…

Segment 1: Fred Rogers and his television show influenced generations of viewers.Won't you be my neighbor? That's a lyric to the theme song of Mister…

Segment 1: Are we taking the wrong approach to education research?Results-oriented education research often overlooks the side effects that accompany…

Segment 1: Proposed 3/8th-cent sales tax could expand early childhood education.In an effort to provide quality education to more of Kansas City's youth,…

Wonderscope Children's Museum is moving to south Kansas City.Around 70 people gathered Monday morning for a groundbreaking in the Red Bridge Shopping…

Operation Breakthrough, a beloved early education center in Kansas City for more than four decades, announced Thursday a $17 million expansion that will…

When one local woman found out she was pregnant, her doctor said, "Are you going to call your husband, or are you going to start calling child care…

This summer, Kansas City Public Schools made a significant investment in one of two district-operated Montessori schools in an attempt to address…