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The organizers of the BackSnack program have always thought that sending schoolchildren home with nutritious, kid-friendly items have returned healthier and more attentive children to their desks come Mondays. Now they think they have research to back it up.

A dozen Missouri public schools that serve high concentrations of low-income students here have met the demands of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

If you're planning a garage sale or organizing a church bazaar, you'd best beware: You could be breaking a new federal law.

Raising admissions standards is one of the few changes that can be made without requesting more money during a dismal state budget year, Parkinson said.

Kansas City is in the midst of a two-year turnaround plan with the state.

 

Area school districts find themselves in a balancing act: Weighing how much they can justifiably charge to get families to help with program costs without causing families to pull students off the team (or club or dance line).

The Kansas City school board carried through its promise tonight to undo a board subcommittee system that had been accused of encouraging past micromanagement.

As daylight faded, Ed Charles would begin packing up his books in the Penn Valley community college library and worrying about a test most classmates need not worry about.

John Covington knew running Kansas City’s schools would be a bear of a job. One month in, though, he’s finding the challenges even greater than he expected.

Why has the Kansas City School District paid an outside company $650,000 to run its human resources department since April 2008? Desperation wouldn’t be too strong a word.