KCUR Education News
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Class of 2013: Preparing The Speech
It’s graduation season, and across the metro, high school valedictorians and senior speakers are putting the finishing touches on their commencement
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The Challenge of Diversity Training
E pluribus unum—out of many is one—that’s was a founding principle for America. Indeed, American language and culture shows the imprint of many different
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What's The Story Behind Your Street?
Have you ever wondered why a street is named the what it is? Or what that one person did that immortalized their name onto our mailing address? Some are
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College Decisions Close To Home
National Decision Day is edging closer for high school seniors who have yet to choose a college.
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Emporia State Debate Teams Sweeps National Tournaments
When most of us think of a debate, presidential debates between two individuals come to mind. But the sport of argument and articulation is as radically
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Choosing Childcare
From birth, the care and upbringing of a child is a stressful and demanding process. Tough questions that all parents face include who can I leave my child
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Using Hope As An Educational Tool
Are you holding out hope for the future? You’re not alone.
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Rethinking Middle School
Think back to your middle school yearbook picture – do you cringe a little bit? Do you remember a hormone-filled, socially awkward period of your life
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KCPS Plans To Reorganize Middle Grades Again
Over the past few weeks, Kansas City Public Schools held community forums to discuss the reorganization of the district’s middle grades, and possibly
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The Philosophy of Doubt
Throughout the course of the day we ask ourselves a lot of questions; what should I have for breakfast? Should I run to the store before picking up my kids
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New Regulations Change Access To Research
Due to a new White House directive, results from federally-funded research will be easier to access publicly.
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Kansas School Funding Boost Put On Hold By State High...
The Kansas Supreme Court today has put on hold a decision from a district court that ordered Kansas lawmakers to hike spending on public schools.
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KCPS Agrees To Open Hale Cook School
On Friday, February 15, Kansas City Public Schools agreed to a plan to reopen the shuttered Hale Cook elementary school in the Waldo neighborhood.
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Closing Of St. Mary's School Reflects Declining...
The St. Mary's community is reeling from what they feel was the abrupt and insensitive way the diocese of Kansas City and St. Joseph closed their 160-year
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Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals exhibit comes to KC
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's traveling exhibit, Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945 opened at the Dean's Gallery at the Miller
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Studying Love
In the United States, Valentine's Day is celebrated or scorned by many, but what is love like around the world? William Jankowiak, professor of
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Race & Gender In The Elections: How Children Are Affected
It may be hard to remember, but the 2008 election broke racial and gender norms for politics. With President Obama, Sarah Palin and Hilary Clinton among
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Proposed Waldo Walmart Sparks Community Response
The redevelopment of each closed school building in Kansas City, Mo. tends to draw a small group of concerned residents. And that was the case for the old
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University Of Kansas Changes Core Curriculum
Starting this fall, basic curriculum requirements will change for undergraduates at the University of Kansas. As of now, each school – whether it is the
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Play Takes New Meaning In Kansas City IT Venture
A collection of Missouri corporations have added a million dollars to a similar federal grant creating what’s being labeled the, “Digital Sandbox.”
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School Choice
With education options more diverse than ever, some parents are eschewing the standard public school system. With this choice, comes the debate on where
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Re-Imagining Education Online
Salman Khan thinks he's seen the future of education and it involves more student-teacher interaction, more technology, and more creativity.
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Examining Early Childhood Education
ABC and 123: They’re the basics of early childhood education , but the way kids learn these is up for debate.
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JCCC President Terry Calloway Announces Retirement
Johnson County Community College president Terry Calaway surprised more than a few people in October when he announced that he would step down come August.Calaway has been the president of the College for five years. He's the institution's4th president.In the second portion of Wednesday's Up to Date, Steve Kraske talks with Dr.Calaway about his departures, accomplishments during his tenure, and ways JCCC has changed over the last five years.Dr. Terry A. Calaway became the fourth president of...
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Surviving The College Application Process
Most of the time, the long and winding road of choosing a college is forgotten in the subsequent years of hazy academic exploits. But for most high school seniors, this time of year is an involved process that can lead to anxious days and sleepless nights.On Tuesday's Central Standard, we'll visit with three area students who are currently engaged in the college selection process to see what they are learning along the way.
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Looking To The Future At UMKC
Leading a large university is no cakewalk, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City is no exception.On Tuesday's Up to Date, UMKC Chancellor Leo Morton joins Steve Kraske to talk about how his childhood in segregated Alabama during the Civil Rights movement shaped him at a person.We'll also take a look at changes happening at UMKC, such as the downtown arts campus, the increase in resident population and the new student union.
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Shawnee Mission District Announces Lobbying Plan
The news is filled with stories about the success and struggles of the Kansas City, Missouri School District, but the metro area contains dozens of districts, each with its own story to tell.The historically strong Shawnee Mission district is facing major budget challenges.In recent years, the very conservative Kansas legislature has taken a hard line strategy to cut taxes and limit spending. This frugality and lower state revenue has resulted in less funding for schools. In the past 4...
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Hickman Mills District Struggles Through Tough Year
The Kansas City, Missouri school district gets all the press, but school districts all over the metro area deal with big challenges. This year has been one of the toughest ever for Missouri’s very first school district, Hickman Mills.If you take a walk around the Hickman Mills school district, it doesn’t take long before you notice something a little unusual. Almost none of the streets have sidewalks. Few of them even have curbs. And behind many rows of house, there are still acres of...
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Diverse And Achieving Schools: Where Are They And Are...
Often parents seeking to give their children an education filled with diverse racial and socioeconomic peers struggle to find schools that are also high-achieving. Michael PetrilliandDr. Lawson Bushgive insights into overcoming this sometimes daunting challenge and the varyingmerits behind its thinking.More than 87% of white students attend majority-white schools, even though they make up just over 50% of the U.S public school population. Just 14% of white students attend "multicultural"...
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Kansas Army Base Hosts Shariah Class
In Kansas, the Islamic code of laws called Shariah has drawn a lot of suspicion and debate during the past year.In May, the state legislature effectively banned consideration of Shariah in court, a move that some critics have called redundant and anti-Islamic. But Kansas is also home to a program that teaches Shariah in an unlikely setting: Army officer training at Fort Leavenworth.Dr. Raj Bhala spends most of his week teaching International and Comparative Law at KU, and he’s become...
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Bloggers' School Suspension Upheld By Federal Appellate...
Twin brothers suspended earlier this year from Missouri’s Lees Summit North High School for disruptions allegedly caused by a website they created have lost an appeal to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.The case leaves new ground to be plowed by a Kansas City U. S. District Court judge.Court pleadings show high school juniors Steven and Scott Wilson said their blog was to discuss, satirize and vent about events at the school. There were complaints of offensive and racist comments and...
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Vratil Crosses Party Line, Endorses Democrat
Retiring Kansas moderate Republican State Senator John Vratil has crossed party lines to endorse Democrat Mike Delaney in the 11th Kansas Senate District. Delaney is running against conservative Jeff Melcher of Leawood, who is supported by Governor Brownback. Vratil referred to Melcher as "just a mouthpiece for the governor" and said the Republican would do whatever the governor tells him to. "regardless of what the issue is."Vratil says he believes Johnson Countians want an independent...
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Adult Studio Art Classes / ACT, SAT Prep
During the first half of Wednesday's Central Standard, a discussion about broadening artistic learning opportunities for adults.Then later in the hour, since it's that time of year for students... we'll talk about preparing for the ACT and SAT. Hear about a program aiming to level the playing field with college prep services for local low-income and underprivileged students.GUESTS:Kreshaun McKinney, Educator for Public Programs at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of ArtSoni Joi Ruffin, artistGwen...
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Tomorrow's College: How Higher Education Is Changing
Even with the price of tuition reaching record highs, going to college might be more common than ever. However, less than 10 percent of students actually finish with their bachelor’s degree by age 24.Why are so many students struggling, or dropping out? Just who is shaping the future of higher education?During the first half of Thursday’s Central Standard, we learn how today's college is changing. Education reporter Emily Hanford stops by to talk about her radio documentary series Tomorrow’s...
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Libraries Meeting Needs Of Diverse Communities
Demographers predict that by the year 2050, African-Americans, Asian Pacific Islanders, Latino/Hispanics, and Native Americans will constitute the majority of Americans.The 2nd National Joint Conference of Librarians of Color is meeting this week in Kansas City, Missouri to help answer the question: How are our nation's libraries preparing for the demographic shift?In the first part of Monday's Up to Date, we examine how libraries are rethinking how to provide services to diverse...
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Why Do We Work?
On Wednesday’s Central Standard, special guest host Brian Ellison talks with psychologist Dr. Bruce Liese about the meaning of work.Why do we work? Are we searching for more than a job, more than a paycheck? How does one find their “calling?” Plus, we’ll discuss the role that the modern-day office job plays in the development of personal relationships.GUEST:Dr. Bruce Liese, KU Family MedicineFROM DR. BRUCE'S NOTEBOOK:I. Why do people choose to work? Is it a psychological need? Are they...
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Literacy KC & The Writers Place Team Up To Help Adult...
Approximately 225,000 adults in the Kansas City area function at the lowest literacy level. On this Thursday's Central Standard, a look at how illiteracy is closely linked to poverty, unemployment and health issues, and an area class working to bridge that gap.Then, in the second half of our show, a quick legal bootcamp for musicians. From copyrights to royalties, our guest Donald Simon has advice for all the legalese that can put a jam in your jamming.GUESTS:Emmanuel Burnette, an adult...
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Applying Open-Source Thinking To Higher Education
What if the next great breakthrough in cancer treatment or developing alternative fuels resides in the mind of someone living today? And what if that next great advance never develops into reality because that person is unable to obtain the necessary higher education due to expense or geo-political realities?Educational entrepreneur Shai Reshef realized the potential we could be missing and launched University of the People (UoP), a tuition-free, nonprofit online university dedicated to...
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Professors Propose Reforms For Foreign Student...
What do companies like Yahoo, eBay, Intel and Google have in common? They were all founded in part by foreign investors.But many U.S. immigration and education policies discourage or even prohibit foreign students from starting new businesses, according to a team of UMKC professors. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation just published a paper by Tony Luppino, John Norton and Malika Simmons which outlines ways foreign students might be allowed to created businesses and new jobs in the...
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Breaking It Down: Kansas School Funding Lawsuit
In Kansas, 54 school districts are currently suing the state for cutting their funding. The state has budgeted $3,800 per student for the coming school year.Thats down $500 per student from four years ago, and many Kansas teachers say its nowhere near the amount needed to properly educate students. But K-12 education takes up half the states threadbare budget, say many legislators. And with state revenues dropping dramatically, somethings got to give. Peter Hancock has been covering the...
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Leadership Change At African-Centered Schools
Theres been changing of the guard at Kansas Citys African-centered schools.The program was started two decades ago by school leaders and community members who believe that teaching children from an afro-centric perspective leads to greater self-esteem and academic achievement. By the end of 2011, the curriculum, started by principal Audrey Bullard at Chick Elementary School, had become the basis of three schools, with almost 1000 students, making up the K-12 Afrikan Centered Education...
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U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan On Joplin School...
Next Monday, President Barack Obama will visit Joplin, Mo, almost one year to the day after a devastating tornado ripped through the center of the city, destroying countless homes and the lives of more than 160 people.
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The University Of Kansas (City)?
UMKC is considering a name change to what it was back in the day. The university was founded in 1929 with the name The University of Kansas City.
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David Ford / Freedom School
Coming from a long line of what he calls prairie peopleartist David Ford is the quintessence of politically incorrect and this is exemplified through his works. On this Tuesdays Central Standard, we learn about his journey to West Africa for National VooDoo Day.
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Kansas City, Mo Schools: State Takeover Or Start Over?
After years of short-term superintendents, attempted re-inventions and restarts, failing state test scores, and the loss of accreditation, opinions are flying every which way on what to do with the KCMO School District.
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The Traveling Trunk Of African American & Latino...
If youre a young black or latino student plotting your future, do you look up to athletes or entrepreneurs? Entertainers or innovators?
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Multicultural Education
Theres a lot asked of our teachers today - and heres another thing to add to that list - the ability to recognize and teach to a students cultural background.
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Upset In KC School Board Race
Kansas City School District voters have chosen a newcomer to the Board of Education, replacing a long time voice in local education.
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Write-Ins Compete For KC School Board Seats
As Kansas City School District voters go to polls today to elect new school board members, theyll be part of an historic effort to preserve local control of the system.
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KC History: The Upcoming 1940 Census Release
The 1940 census tells a story of the economic dislocation that took place in America during the Great Depression. On April 2, those records will be made publicly available online for researchers everywhere.
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School District Meets With Council Group
President of the Kansas City school board and interim superintendent Steve Green went to the city council Neighborhoods Committee Wednesday with a plan for restoring accreditation to the Kansas City district.
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K.C. Schools Counter Council On Truancy
The Kansas City School District has defined a plan to help reduce school truancy, presenting it to a Regional School Improvement Team.
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Daytime Curfew Stalls In Committee
With overwhelming testimony against posting a daytime curfew for truant students in Kansas City, a City Council committee put the issue on hold as well as a watered down substitute.
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