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A small group of teachers held a rally in Kansas City Saturday to ask schools not to reopen until there is a decrease in coronavirus cases.

Coming from Wright City, Missouri, where he served as superintendent for five years, David Buck stepped into the same role for Lee's Summit schools this month.

Why several groups have called for the resignation of Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith, and Lee's Summit schools welcome a new district superintendent.

Balancing the needs of the south Kansas City community and the safety of students is no easy task, especially while budgets are shrinking, enrollment numbers are dropping and COVID-19 cases are on the rise.

Like parents around the country, Michelle Haffer never imagined having to become her child’s full-time teacher. But Haffer’s daughter is out of school...

Updated, 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 17Gov. Laura Kelly has closed every school in Kansas for the remainder of the school year in an effort to curb the spread…

A bitter contract dispute has driven a wedge between the Shawnee Mission teachers’ union and some of the school board members the union has helped get…

After the day’s meals are done on a recent Tuesday, Gilbert Community Schools director of food service Deb Purcell shuffles through a stack of papers....

Updated, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11: Hickman Mills Superintendent Yolanda Cargile is leaving her post to take the top job in the neighboring Center School…

School districts and churches in Kansas City, Missouri, will no longer have increased power to keep liquor stores and bars out of neighborhoods.On…

Hundreds of students at Shawnee Mission East High School walked out of school Friday to show support for teachers after the school board imposed a…

Kansas educators want lawmakers to act on health care, bullying and college credits when the Legislature convenes later this month. For over a decade,...