Students Solve Old Problem with New Ketchup Cap

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Video: John McGrath — The Hale Center for Journalism High school seniors Tyler Richards and Jonathan Thompson have spent a lot of time thinking about ketchup. As students in the Project Lead the Way program at North Liberty High School, Richards and Thompson have researched and developed a bottle cap that prevents that first squirt…

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Kansas educators take battle over school finance bill to Twitter

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For the last 35 years school librarian Nancy McFarlin has been connecting Kansas students with information, but the veteran educator said she didn’t personally realize the informative power of Twitter until last weekend. “I thought it was just one more thing to learn to do, (but now I find it) informative and current,” McFarlin, who…

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KC youth poetry slams fuel creativity and community

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Washington High School English teachers Paul Richardson and Miles Azzeh went to Chicago last year to experience the annual youth poetry slam Louder Than a Bomb. Tomorrow they’ll watch four local high schools compete in the first-ever Louder Than a Bomb KC final poetry slam. “Louder Than a Bomb is the largest youth poetry slam…

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Mayor James fields questions from high school students at annual address

Photo from student town hall at Park Hill High School.

After his State of the City address, Kansas City, Mo., Mayor Sly James answered questions from a constituency that he wants to hear more from: students. “It’s because the progress we make as a city not only impacts the residents of today, but for generations to come,” said Mayor James towards the beginning of his…

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