Scent of a Scandal

Kansas City schools issued more suspensions in 2018 than in 2015, according to a new citywide analysis from Turn the Page KC.That’s despite a national…

Both traditional public schools and charters in Kansas City are increasingly segregated, expensive to run and losing high school students, according to a…

Ray Alvarez remembers the summer he couldn’t make ends meet driving children to school.“I did qualify for food stamps,” the Olathe school bus driver said.…

Families of prospective charter school students who used a common application have received their offers and will have until March 22 to pick their top…

A software glitch in the Kansas City Public Schools online application made it hard for some families to enroll Tuesday.Because the district fills seats…

Starting Monday, families living within Kansas City Public Schools boundaries can apply to 16 charter schools with a common application.“Parents don’t…

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is heading into the final stretch of his Republican U.S. Senate bid with slightly more cash on hand than...

DeLaSalle Education Center has long been the last resort of Kansas City teens who haven’t succeeded anywhere else.“Back in 1993 when I went, this school…

A 2013 lawsuit in Kansas could play a key role in deciding whether the Republican candidate for Missouri state auditor stays in the race.Candidates for…

Black students in Missouri continue to be suspended at a disproportionate rate compared to their white peers, according to an analysis by the American…

Most cities have a school system. Kansas City has a system of schools.It’s an important distinction in a metro bisected by a state line, in a city with…

The father of a 19-year-old Shawnee Mission South student says his daughter was sexually assaulted last April on a school bus as she was returning home…