education

The coronavirus made schools adapt to kids learning from home. And that's made the need to shut down schooling for bad weather a bit on an anachronism.

Police brutality and protests garnered the attention and sympathy of white Kansas Citians, but 2020 has not brought the systemic change activists say are needed to improve race relations in the metro.

St. Louis Public Radio’s Ryan Delaney is in Germany this month to report on how that country handles keeping its schools open.

The strain of teaching online, with far bigger classes than public schools are accustomed to handling through virtual sessions, is breeding classroom fatigue.

The database, now run by the National Education Association (NEA), has served as an outlet for teachers to report cases in districts refusing to publicize them.

Kinship families, who take in foster children who are related to them, are more likely to lack computers and other tools needed for online learning, say foster care agencies.

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

One teacher's approach to educating kindergartners remotely, Kansas City Public Schools debuts a new television show, and why the stock market is looking up when the economy feels down.

High school band camp in Kansas reveals the difficulties of holding school, and extracurricular activities, while trying to keep COVID-19 in check.

Area theater owners are innovating and adapting to stay open during the pandemic, Raymore-Peculiar School District's new superintendent on the return to school as COVID-19 spreads, and a forecast on the possibility of college football games happening this fall.

There's a lot still up in the air about the coming school year, but here's a round-up of where Kansas City area schools stand now.

The new leader of Center School District brings years of experience with her including leading another metro district, Kansas' pioneering role in the battle for women's suffrage, and the moral quandaries brought about by an enduring viral pandemic.