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Scuola Vita Nuova Welcomes Students Back with New Spaces, Expanded Opportunities, and Deep Neighborhood Roots
As families in Kansas City’s Historic Northeast welcome the start of another school year, Scuola Vita Nuova (SVN) Charter School continues to shine as a vibrant model of community-centered education.… The post Scuola Vita Nuova Welcomes Students Back with New Spaces, Expanded…
Kansas needs more doctors but new federal loan limits could make it harder to attend medical school
The rules could limit the chances of people attending medical school, further exacerbating the healthcare worker shortage.
Kansas City school districts have tough budget choices to make
Public school funding continues to fall across the U.S., with Missouri facing its own tight budget. Schools are facing tough decisions like collecting more in taxes, reducing staff members and programs, closing buildings — or all of the above.
Missouri’s ‘unprecedented’ budget vote leaves schools around Kansas City in the lurch
Missouri’s state education board voted not to ask the governor and lawmakers for full school funding.
‘We are human beings’: UMKC workers take their fight for higher pay public
Belkis Cabrera has worked as a custodian at the University of Missouri-Kansas City for 16 years. Each time she and her co-workers earn a merit raise, she said, increasing healthcare costs and inflation swallow it. “We are not asking for much, just respect and enough pay to get…
Kansas City school board fields competing pleas about fate of historic school
Kansas City Public Schools: Board Business Meeting (Aug. 26, 2026) By Masha Mackey, Kansas City Documenter These notes were produced through Kansas City Documenters, which trains and pays community members to take fact-checked notes at public meetings, strengthening transparency…
New Executive Director Leads Latinx Education Collaborative Into a New Era
Daisy Garcia MontoyaEducation Reporter Local non-profit organization Latinx Education Collaborative (LEC) welcomes a new chapter in its history as it moves forward as a separate organization from its sister organization,… The post New Executive Director Leads Latinx Education…