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The African American Student Union President Brandy Williams is pictured in the Multicultural Student Affairs Office Sept. 24 on the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus.
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Black students at UMKC called for change. The university is listening

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento October 5, 2021August 7, 2022
In both Missouri and Kansas, students with disabilities are referred to police at a higher rate.
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Students with disabilities need extra support. Some schools call the police instead

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento October 1, 2021August 7, 2022
Sky Boschen is pictured on the steps leading down to Oak Street Hall on the UMKC campus Sept. 14, 2021.
Posted inEducation

Burned out: UMKC student says advocacy for sexual assault survivors didn’t lead to change

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento September 28, 2021August 7, 2022
Students participate in an active learning exercise in a classroom at Kansas City Public Schools’ new International Welcome Center during a ribbon-cutting and open house for the center Sept. 17 in Kansas City.
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‘A 60,000-square-foot welcome mat’: New KCPS center helps immigrant, refugee students

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento September 23, 2021August 7, 2022
The campus of Johnson County Community College Sept. 16 in Overland Park.
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Kansas offers free community college for students in high-demand fields

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento and Sophia Belshe September 16, 2021August 7, 2022
From left to right, Melanie Blount, Terrance Blount Jr., Terrance Blount Sr. and Tania Bolton, commemorated the first day of school in front of African-Centered College Preparatory Academy on Aug. 23 in Kansas City.
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What parents worried about pandemic learning loss can do

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento September 14, 2021August 7, 2022
A teacher addresses a class at Lincoln Middle School on the first day of school, Aug. 23, in Kansas City. Like most KC-area school districts, Kansas City Public Schools requires masks.
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What to tell your child about COVID-19 safety at school

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento September 10, 2021August 7, 2022
The first day of school on Aug. 23 included hand sanitizer squirts from Brooke Thompson, a teacher at African-Centered College Preparatory Academy, 6410 Swope Parkway in Kansas City, Mo.
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What to know about mask mandates and schools

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento September 2, 2021August 7, 2022
Hayley Michael shares some information she’s learned with Clay County Archives volunteer Tony Meyers on Aug. 18 in Liberty, Missouri.
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‘Our founders owned slaves’: William Jewell project reveals truths, prompts calls for change

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento August 24, 2021May 9, 2023
Chandra Green, director of Alive and Thrive, holds an “Empowering the Women of Wyandotte County” workshop on trauma and resilience Aug. 14 at Kansas City Kansas Community College’s Mary Ann Flunder Lodge by the Lake.
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‘Not who we are’: Wyandotte Co. tackles violence as a public health issue for youth

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento August 18, 2021August 7, 2022

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