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As the ongoing teacher shortage persists, school districts like Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools are using virtual teachers to get by. The number of students learning from remote, on-screen instructors has more than doubled, despite the move being intended as a stopgap.

School districts across the country, including in Missouri, have begun punishing students by forcing them into online classes, sometimes indefinitely. Critics charge that these punishments can deprive students and their families of due process rights.

After COVID-19 upended their academic careers, three recent graduates from a Kansas City, Kansas alternative high school say the pandemic completely transformed their high school expectations and their futures.

The school district in Wellington, Kansas, near Wichita, has closed temporarily to curb an outbreak of COVID-19.

The rules are different for virtual school instruction outside a pandemic. That means students who choose online next year won't be Zooming into a class being taught at their neighborhood school.

Khalil Jones spent the semester student teaching at East High School in Kansas City, Missouri. His goal during a school year of uncertainty? Teach them to be better humans.

A lot of kids aren't meeting grade-level expectations after a year of interruptions. Here's how the Lee's Summit, North Kansas City and Kearney school districts are addressing COVID-19 learning loss.

Ellie Willson is a senior at Olathe Northwest High School in Kansas. She will be taking her AP exams later this month, despite the pandemic.

Students don’t mind following new rules to help protect themselves from the coronavirus. The changes bring a different atmosphere, but teens are still the same.

As Kansas City Public Schools students returned to classrooms, teachers like Khalil Jones tried to address their concerns head-on.

Superintendent Mark Bedell is pleased to see Kansas City reducing tax incentive policies for developers, but still feels the district should have a bigger seat at the table when it comes to considering proposed development projects.

The head of the Kansas City Public Schools district wants more say on future development projects, and the impact climate change could have on urban environments like the Kansas City metropolitan area.