teachers

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.

Previous boundary changes have been contentious in the suburban school district, but Lee's Summit has been renovating old buildings to make facilities more equitable across the district.

Maria Martinez is a graduate of Emporia State University in Kansas. She spent last semester student teaching in a kindergarten classroom in the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools.

Maria Martinez, interna en educación se pregunta cómo será enseñar a su clase de kinder por primera vez este año. Así se ha preparado para ellos.

The student population in this country is growing more diverse and there are advantages to students seeing themselves in their teachers.

Missouri's lawmakers are debating banning vaccine passports and first-year educators discuss their experience teaching in the COVID-era.

For students who've only ever attended Zoom kindergarten, there was a lot to learn as Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools reopened for in-person classes.

Khalil Jones is in his final semester at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and student teaching at East High School in the Kansas City Public Schools.

Increased recruitment, pay incentives and easing of certification requirements have helped fill the substitute teacher pool, but there remains a shortage of subs, especially during a pandemic.

Lee’s Summit asked elementary teachers to wait until after the inauguration to share clips with their classes. Blue Valley suggested it might be better if students watched at home with their families.

Missouri has entered the next phase of coronavirus vaccine rollout, which includes teachers and other essential workers.

Nurses are the only employees at most schools able to get COVID-19 vaccines right now. State education officials don't know when vaccines will be available for teachers and other school staff.