Education funding

Yaw Obeng comes to south Kansas City with school turnaround experience from Vermont. He also oversaw the construction of new schools in a district in his native Canada.

In Shawnee Mission Schools, for instance, what is currently projected to be a $7 million surplus could end up being at least a $13 million deficit.

The KCUR news staff presents the State of Kansas City series as a look ahead to 2020 on topics of importance to the region. Find the State of Kansas City…

Every college in Kansas is more expensive today than it was a decade ago. Tuition and fees haven’t gone up every year — this year, the Kansas Board of...

Missouri students spending more money to earn degrees want to know they’re making a sound investment in their future. That’s why college administrators…

On any given weekday, University of Missouri student Jack Hale is working six to eight hours and dashing to class in between. “I wake up a little after…

Rachel Shriver is set to graduate from the University of Missouri-Kansas City next year but she’s already thinking about how her two kids are going to pay…

Segment 1: New data analysis of Kansas City's public school environment.A new analysis shows public and charter schools in Kansas City are more…

Kansas City Public Schools Superintendent Mark Bedell has signed another three-year contract.Approving the contract was the last act of the outgoing,…

Segment 1: Supreme Court decision involving Wayfair.com has lawmakers looking at making online retailers collect state sales tax.With the state revenue in…

Segment 1: "The state was funding 60 percent of the cost of education, the students and families were doing 40 percent. We've now seen an inversion of…

Segment 1: The cost of higher education has shot up faster than family income in recent decades.Economists and education experts suggest students think…