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Missouri lawmakers argue that state education officials must make it easier for families to understand students' academic performance. Educators believe it disproportionately punishes districts serving socioeconomically disadvantaged students.

The district scored higher than 70% on its state performance report, but Missouri wants more data before it changes accreditation.

Missouri's education department has released new performance data finding chronic absenteeism remains a problem for many schools. Attendance rates have dropped in Missouri by 10% since 2019, and they're especially low for Black students.

Residents can book appointments to get updated COVID booster shots at local CVS and Walgreens pharmacies. However, the city's health department says it could be weeks before vaccines are delivered to its clinics.

An updated COVID-19 vaccine will be in Kansas City in the next few weeks. The shot combats newer variants more effectively and comes as case numbers creep up across the metro.

Schools in Missouri are still rebounding from the pandemic's impact on student learning. State education leaders say they're also grappling with student mental health issues, chronic absenteeism and teacher shortages.

The school districts want to use a new state law to get out of the Missouri standardized testing and accountability system. Several Kansas City-area districts have asked for an exemption from the Missouri Assessment Program, including Lee's Summit, Liberty and Raymore-Peculiar.

Missourians cannot currently order at-home PCR COVID-19 tests from the state due to a sharp increase in demand because of the omicron variant of the disease.

The average number of daily COVID cases in both Missouri and Kansas climbed to record levels on Monday, and hospitalizations are near all-time highs in the Kansas City metro. But tests are in short supply.

Missouri school students will sit down for state assessments soon. For some, it’ll be their first time in a classroom in more than a year. Teachers and parents say testing should be canceled, but education officials counter the data is critical.

Congresswoman Sharice Davids calls for quicker small business relief, the new Johnson County health director touts the importance of COVID-19 testing, children with intellectual and development disabilities are missing vital services at home, and a group sewing masks for health care workers.

Missouri education officials released long-awaited school report cards Friday, and the good news is most schools are meeting expectations. In fact, 97...