News & Issues
Kansas City Public Schools Celebrates Progress on State Assessment
After the release of the 2013 Missouri Annual Performance Report on August 23, 2013, Kansas City Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Steve Green declared a new renaissance for the scholars and families in the district.
NewsHour gets to the core of Common Core
A straightforward explanation of the Common Core and the computerized testing that will accompany the new standards.
The Examination: How many pages is 'Obamacare'?
THE EXAMINATION – This column looks for answers to what should be simple questions. This week’s question: How many pages is ‘Obamacare’? A simple search yields a wealth of fascinating estimates. And, like most things, the answer is simple, yet complicated. The easy answer is the law, as passed in 2010, weighs in at 906 pages. You…
An Artist's Eye: Ocularist Bud Turntine
This is the tale of two eyes and the man who made them. Bud Turntine is a board-certified ocularist who creates prosthetic eyes for patients out of his nondescript office in Shawnee, Kan. When you think of prosthetic eyes, images of round, glass eyeballs may come to mind. Indeed, fake eyes used to be made…
Slowing the slump: summer literacy programs get kids reading
DuRonica Farmer will be entering sixth grade this fall. She began this summer reading at a third grade level. According to Turn the Page KC, a literacy initiative started by Kansas City, Mo. Mayor Sly James, around 80 percent of Kansas City kids are behind when it comes to reading. For kids with few books…