News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
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…
Tech Startup Encourages Civic Engagement
Chances are you’ve updated your Facebook status in the last 24 hours, but when was the last time you “shared” anything or checked in with your local school district and fellow parents? Well, at the KC office of the midwestern startup MindMixer they’re putting their heads together with two local school districts in hopes of…
KCPT Education Conference Celebrates 10 Years of Free Professional Development for Area Teachers
Over one hundred educators from 15 local school districts gathered at the tenth KCPT Education Conference Tuesday.
Slideshow: KC High School Seniors Strut their STEM Stuff
250 local seniors displayed Engineering and biomedical projects that are the fruits of students’ participation in the KC STEM Alliance’s Project Lead the Way coursework.
Bittersweet Day for KC Charter School
Académie Lafayette had their annual lottery for next year’s kindergarten class Thursday March 14.