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Posts Tagged ‘Education’

Trailer: The Filter’s Ep. 2 Teaser on Parenting and Education

By | October 22, 2021 | 0
Trailer: The Filter's Ep 2 Teaser on Parenting and Education

In episode 2, Filter Podcast hosts Ieshia Downton and Vicky Diaz-Camacho tackle the topics of parenting and education.

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COVID Cases Among Children Rising as Missouri Delta Variant Wave Enters Fifth Month

By | September 1, 2021 | 0
MU Health Care opened a mass COVID-19 vaccination site in the Walsworth Club at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri. on Jan. 25, 2020.

One effect of the Delta variant wave is that children are a much larger share of recent COVID-19 cases, just as the school year begins.

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Two-thirds of Kansas’ 25 Largest Public School Districts Adopt Mask Mandates

By | August 25, 2021 | 0
Heather King, a nurse and mother of a 9-year-old daughter, supported the Johnson County Commissions public health order requiring children from pre-K to sixth grade to wear masks indoor at school.

Two-thirds of elected school boards responsible for the 25 largest public school districts in Kansas imposed some form of an indoor masking mandate in response to the spread of COVID-19.

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Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Focus on Inequity in Education, Not Critical Race Theory

By | August 24, 2021 | 0
Rep. Doug Richey, R-Excelsior Springs, and Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin, R-Shelbina, during a Joint Committee on Education hearing on critical race theory on July 19, 2021.

Educators, students and advocates urged state lawmakers Monday afternoon to focus on tackling larger issues of inequity across education rather than latch onto the academic concept of critical race theory

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COVID-19 Challenged The Business Model At Kansas Universities And Revealed A ‘Tectonic Shift’

By | August 10, 2021 | 0
Gregory Cushman, an associate professor of environmental history at the University of Kansas, marched with faculty and students to raise awareness about potential damage of administration plans to downsize the staff and eliminate degree programs to address budget problems.

Enrollment at Kansas colleges fell by 8.1% last fall — more than the national average. With continued uncertainty over COVID-19 and the highly contagious delta variant, universities could face the biggest money crisis in their history.

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