State commissioner recommends continued unaccredited status for schools
The Missouri Commissioner of Education has recommended that the Kansas City School District remain unaccredited this year, according to the Kansas City Star.
The recommendation goes to the state board, which will consider the matter later next ...
Homeless students get 2170 pairs of shoes
Homeless students in Kansas City Public Schools will be getting new shoes.
The school district, in fact, has received more than 2,170 pairs of athletic shoes to support students in its homeless/transitional support program.
The shoes come from ...
Commission to propose year-round pre-kindergarten
Would year-round pre-kindergarten help prepare Kansas City students for school? A commission thinks so and will recommend a change to the school board tomorrow. File photo, students arriving for the first day of school of Gordon Parks Elementary ...
State asks court to amend Gordon Parks decision
The state says it thinks there are some factual inaccuracies in the recent court ruling on the Gordon Parks Charter School.
According to a press release, the State Board of Education and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education ...
School board to vote on Westport Middle School proposal
The future of closed Westport Middle School will be a topic of consideration for the Kansas City school board next week.
The school is one of the closed Kansas City schools being offered for sale as part of the repurposing effort.
The repurposing ...
School district celebrates higher test scores
The Kansas City Public Schools tripled the district’s performance standard and it is just getting started, officials said today.
Superintendent Steve Green called the scores on the state’s rating system the start of “a renaissance for ...
Gordon Parks school reopens
Gordon Parks Elementary School re-opened its doors this morning, welcoming about 80 students to its kindergarten through second grade classes.
The state closed the school suddenly at the end of the last school year by revoking its charter, but ...
School board member offers support for Midtown Community School Initiative
Community members recently listened to ideas and offered suggestions for creating a quality Midtown school, the goal of the new Midtown Community School Initiative.
A group of Midtowners have invited others to join them in creating new options ...
Midtown Community School Initiative looks for supporters
Midtown parent Kristin Littrell asked those at a meeting Saturday to envision the kind of schools they would like to create for Midtown children.
Organizers of a new education initiative in Midtown say there are a lot of parents who want to ...
Midtown group challenges residents to reimagine local schools
A group called the Midtown Community School Initiative is inviting people to a meeting Saturday, August 17.
The goal, according to its flyer, is “to re-imagine education in Kansas City.”
“For too long the lack of quality schools has weakened ...
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