Kansas City Schools

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Segment 1: The Department of Justice's Project Safe Neighborhoods funds new initiative against violent crime in Kansas City, Missouri.Backed by a $75,000…

Segment 1: Where do efforts towards improving pre-K access and quality in Kansas City stand?In early 2019, a big controversy was Mayor Sly James' push for…

Segment 1: Missouri's new schools performance report is confusing parents and administrators alike.Two years of identical tests should have provided…

Segment 1: Gender-nonconforming people share their experience living as nonbinary.The pronouns "they" and "them" have been added to the Merriam-Webster…

Segment 1: Road conditions led to schools being closed for three days after Sunday's storm. November is ending but the winter season is just beginning as…

Segment 1: Is the conversation around guns, schools and violence changing?Teens in Florida have been galvanized to speak out about mass shootings at…

In the ongoing conversation about what constitutes effective discipline in schools, Independence, Missouri, poses an interesting case study. In January,…

At first, there seemed to be nobody ready to run on the April 5 ballot for three open seats on the Kansas City Public Schools board. Now that's changed…

Natalie Lewis is eligible to be a candidate for the Kansas City Public School Board. There is no doubt, she says, after a critical deadline was deleted…

Natalie Lewis really wants to be on the Kansas City Public School board. How much? Last week she moved into the district to an apartment just off the…

Dean Johnson, the executive director of the successful K-8 charter school, Crossroads Academy, in downtown Kansas City, says the most common question he…