Lincoln Prep wind ensemble headed to Carnegie Hall

Congratulations to the Lincoln College Preparatory Academy wind ensemble. They’re headed to a performance at famed New York venue Carnegie Hall on March 31. The ensemble will give a a sneak preview of their performance at 7 p.m. today in the ...

School district asks for public input

Starting today, you can give the Kansas City Public Schools some feedback. The district annually asks for community input and ideas for changes to its teaching and learning vision. The public meetings coincide with the board’s annual review ...

School district seeks input on reestablishing middle schools

The Kansas City School District wants advice from the community about whether it should reestablish middle schools. The district eliminated middle schools in 2010, breaking students into just two groups: pre-kindergarten through sixth grade; ...

Grant will help public schools boost math and science skills

Photo used under a Creative Commons agreement by AJCann http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajc1/8144344750/. The Kansas City Public Schools are getting some help in teaching math and science. The school district announced today it received a  $988,000 ...

Superintendent tells parents he likes the idea of uniforms, but knows they’re controversial

Kansas City School District Superintendent Stephen Green took questions from parents and community members at a forum yesterday. Green answered questions about school uniforms, fights at the African-Centered prep school, the removal of stop ...

These public school students graduate from high school, college at the same time

Junior and senior year of high school are no picnic for students at the Early College Academy, a joint program of the Kansas City school district and Metropolitan Community College – Penn Valley. Students like Gieze Moreno, seen here conferring ...

KCPS superintendent invites you for coffee and straight talk

Superintendent of the Kansas City Public Schools, R. Stephen Green. Kansas City Public School (KCPS) Superintendent R. Stephen Green has been holding regular informal meetings with district parents. The next of these is scheduled for Sunday, ...

Imagining a future with high-speed Internet in every Kansas City classroom

At the Google Fiberspace recently, local educators, students and others discussed the opportunities offered by ultra-high-speed Internet in the Kansas City Public Schools. They imagined a future with Google Fiber in each classroom and brainstormed ...