1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (545+ words) Here are some of the performing ensembles, educational opportunities, and dance organizations that offer scholarships, tuition assistance, and reduced fees for area youth. Youth Symphony of Kansas City has provided tuition assistance since it was founded in 1958. Awarded based on…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1079+ words) When the Trump administration targeted the Kansas City, Kansas, school district where Reed, a transgender student, spent formative years of her life, the 13-year-old felt threatened. “I’m like, God, I’m scared — I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Reed said....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (148+ words) An 11-year-old boy alleges that he was physically and sexually assaulted in April by a group of students in a restroom at Eisenhower Middle School in Kansas City, Kansas. In August, Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools Board of Education received…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (325+ words) In Kansas and Missouri, nearly 20,000 children receive early childhood education through the Head Start program. Head Start, established in 1965 as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “War on Poverty,” provides comprehensive education and development services for children from low-income families. The…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (692+ words) Some students at Central High School spent the summer studying up on the perfect first-day-of-class outfit, while others procrastinated until the night before. But all received an “A” when they returned to school on Monday. Baggy “jorts”, ornate wallet chains…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (227+ words) KCUR How the University of Kansas is working to increase Indigenous representation in news media Two new grants received by the University of Kansas — worth $50,000 and $7,500 — will help train the next generation of Indigenous journalists. Indigenous communities are often underrepresented…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1346+ words) Missouri’s Head Start programs reach only about 13% of the infants and toddlers eligible for them. The Trump administration says part of the problem is the program’s rulebook in Missouri and nationwide. Federal officials want to eliminate more than 1,400 requirements governing…...