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La organización Latinx Education Collaborative afirmó que en el 2019 solo el 1% de los educadores del área de Kansas City eran latinos. Un nuevo informe reveló que esa proporción casi se triplicó el año pasado escolar, pero la organización afirma que aún queda mucho por hacer.

The Latinx Education Collaborative said just 1% of educators in the Kansas City area were Latino in 2019. A new report found that share nearly tripled last school year, but the organization says there's more work to be done.

Less than 2% of MOScholars students are funded through donations this school year. The rest depends on general revenue from the state budget. But Missouri does not re-check eligibility for students, which is routine for other state-funded programs.

A Missouri educators group is seeking to stop the state from distributing more tax dollars to private schools, saying the $50 million appropriation of general revenue to the MOScholars program is illegal.

The one-room schoolhouse was moved from a property north of Merna in Custer County to its new home east of Broken Bow to become part of a historic exhibit.

Missouri schools now have a bell-to-bell cellphone ban in place. How are students and teachers adapting?

Students, teachers and administrators are learning to adapt this school year after Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed legislation in July that restricted the use of electronic personal devices during the school day.

A new report from St. Louis University researchers found that many Black teachers in Missouri faced employment termination or other forms of classroom displacement as a result of integration between 1954 and 1970.

In the first month of direct state aid for Missouri's K-12 scholarship program, 98% of funds went to religious institutions.

Dr. Imogen Herrick, assistant professor of STEM Education at the University of Kansas, is changing the way climate change is discussed in K-12 classrooms. Her Community Science Data Talks shift the focus from global issues and intangible statistics to local impacts and student emotions.

Wichita’s headcount for the 2025-26 school year is 45,075, down from 46,556 last year. The state’s largest district has lost about 6,000 students — a nearly 12% drop — over the past decade.

Not everyone has fond memories of the Presidential Fitness Test. It could be a fun gym class challenge for students who were athletic and competitive, but for everyone else it offered a source of anxiety and occasionally embarrassment. The twice-yearly assessment was retired by former President Obama, but in July, President Trump signed an executive order to revive it.