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Nick's Picks

Nick’s Picks | DNC in Chicago, KC Symphony Takes Europe, KCPS Seeks New Funds

As the DNC begins in Chicago, KC public schools seek additional funding and a homeless shelter in JOCO faces a new challenge.

Housing

College Students Grapple with Housing Troubles as Costs Soar

Rising rents and maintenance mishaps can compound an already demanding university experience

Education

Tax Holiday, Supply Drives Help Families Burdened by Back-to-School Costs

Missouri Sales Tax Holiday This Weekend

Education

Community Colleges Confront Slumping Enrollment. Can it be Fixed?

Technical Schools Offer Stiff Competition

by Matthew Petillo

Personal Safety

Kansas and Missouri Lawmakers Tried Funding AI Weapon Detection Technology. How Does it Work?

ZeroEyes now is in 42 states, including Kansas and Missouri

Education

Kansas Grapples With College-Educated Brain Drain

Analysis Warns About Looming Shortage of Knowledge Workers

by Matthew Petillo

Education

Technology is Reshaping Education. Are Schools Ready?

'AI is not going to replace the human. It is going to supplement the human.'

Education

Kansas City Area High School Students Get Big Scholarships

Great Jobs KC Awarding $48 Million in Scholarships to 1,210 Students

by Ceilidh Kern

News & Issues

Campus Protests Highlight the Complexity of Divestment

Laws in Missouri and Kansas Block Sales

by Mary Sanchez

News & Issues

KCPS Ponders School in Brookside for Teacher Housing

Closed in 2009 and mothballed in 2016, the Bryant school building may become a teacher hiring and retention tool. Community input sought by May 17.

by Haines Eason

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