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Category: Education

A classroom at Faxon Elementary School
Posted inEducation

Data dive: Who are Missouri’s substitute teachers?

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento June 8, 2023June 8, 2023

Last year, the Missouri legislature reduced the number of college credit hours required to be a substitute teacher from 60 — typical to earn an associate degree — to 36. Substitute teachers can also become certified without college credit hours by taking a 20-hour training course. 

Kansas state capitol
Posted inEducation

Scholarships, tuition, transgender athletes: What’s changing in Kansas education law

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento May 31, 2023May 31, 2023
Teacher leads a classroom at Genesis School
Posted inEducation

Missouri education bills reach governor’s desk, potential changes ahead

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento May 24, 2023May 24, 2023
Kevin Foster waves to a classroom of students at Genesis School
Posted inEducation

What schools closing in Kansas City means for children, families and neighborhoods

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento May 22, 2023May 22, 2023
A William Jewell College sign on campus
Posted inEducation

William Jewell students to launch documentary series on college ties to slavery

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento May 5, 2023May 5, 2023
A sign reads William Jewell Collage in front of the exterior of Jewell Hall, a large brick building with columns surrounded by trees.
Posted inEducation

Commission recommends renaming Jewell Hall after enslaved people who built it

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento April 28, 2023April 28, 2023
Lead to Read volunteers read with students April 13 at Phillis Wheatley Elementary School in Kansas City, Missouri.
Posted inEducation

How good is my school district? Making sense of Missouri’s new scoring system

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento April 14, 2023April 13, 2023
The Herzog Foundation headquarters
Posted inEducation

The foundation seeking to spread Christian education with state support

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento April 6, 2023April 27, 2023
Winning school board candidates according to preliminary election results
Posted inEducation

The votes are in for 2023 Kansas City-area school board elections

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento April 5, 2023April 5, 2023
North Kansas City Schools Board of Education candidates Laura Wagner, Brian Mercer and Maren Stoflet
Posted inEducation

Seven questions with the 2023 North Kansas City school board candidates 

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento March 22, 2023April 6, 2023

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