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Segment 1: How sports journalists are adapting to a lack of sporting events.The coronavirus has proven to be a huge disruption in the world of athletics.…
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Updated, 3:51 p.m. Tuesday – The Lee’s Summit school board has hired a new superintendent, David Buck.Buck has served as superintendent for the Wright…
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The KCUR news staff presents the State of Kansas City series as a look ahead to 2020 on topics of importance to the region. Find the State of Kansas City…
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Segment 1: Decades after desegregation, there remain students in the Kansas City area who are still not receiving a quality education. Education professor…
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Segment 1: 2019 report shows black Kansas Citians are still separate and unequal.By comparing things like poverty and homeownership rates by race, a…
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Kansas City’s first charter school for girls only opens next week with a staff that reflects the diversity of its students and the community.Kansas City…
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Segment 1: Busing to desegregate schools: then and nowFor some, busing throughout the 1970s, '80s and '90s held a negative connotation. But education…
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If Superintendent Dennis Carpenter's relationship with the Lee's Summit R-7 Board of Education is strained, he's not saying so publicly.Over the last few…
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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…
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In a terse meeting that lasted just five minutes on Wednesday evening, the Lee’s Summit R-7 Board of Education approved a contract for staff diversity…
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The Lee’s Summit school board remains deeply divided over issues of race and equity, a week after voting down a plan to bring in consultants for diversity…
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Segment 1: New data analysis of Kansas City's public school environment.A new analysis shows public and charter schools in Kansas City are more…