Education
Traumatic childhood resurfaces as late-onset PTSD for Holocaust survivor
In 2001, Sonia Reich left her Skokie, Illinois, home in the middle of the night. When the cops picked her up, she insisted someone was trying to kill her. Over 60 years after Sonia escaped a ghetto and spent several years running and hiding, she is reliving the Holocaust. Her son, Howard Reich, a journalist…
Tell us who is making a difference in education
From teachers to business owners, local leaders to volunteers, people from all corners of our community can have a major role in a student’s success and the impact of education.
Summer 101
One is trekking through Europe. Another will immerse herself in the performing arts. And many will keep their noses to the grindstone. Those are just some of the summer plans shared with us by teachers from throughout the metropolitan area, as schools closed up shop for the next eight weeks. Here are some of the…
Kansas City Public Schools partner with community groups to expand summer learning opportunities
From an arts-focused camp with the Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey to swimming lessons through the YMCA to kindergarten boot camp, Kansas City Public Schools is expanding its summer learning offerings through collaborations with community partners. KCPS Superintendent Steve Green announced today that working with partners, including Freedom Schools, Boys and Girls Club, Upper…
Entrepreneurship, education meet in the form of a hot dog cart
E.B. Wiltz is passionate about three things: good sausage, quality construction and creating better opportunities for young people in the urban core of Kansas City, Mo., through his organization Brother for Another. A construction worker by trade and Cajun by birth, Wiltz got the idea to work with a group of five young men to…
Record number of student writers illustrate their talents, KCPT Kids Writers Contest winners announced
A whopping 202 young authors submitted their stories to the 2014 KCPT Kids Writers Contest for K–3 students. From a saga about a lost Jayhawk to the tale of an African dwarf frog that aspires to be a popstar, the stories reflected the unique interests of each author. A team of educators and librarians poured…
Students at Kansas school for the blind get in tune with harmonica pro
Gabriel Lewis carefully ran his fingers over the edges of the small box before he took out the shiny, chrome harmonica inside and took a big breath to make the first notes. Lewis is one of 40 students at the Kansas State School for the Blind that received a new harmonica courtesy of the instrument’s…
KU Professor lends D-Day expertise to upcoming NOVA special
University of Kansas students and faculty will see a familiar face on PBS this spring. KU History Professor and retired U.S. Army Major Dr. Adrian Lewis is one of the key historians in NOVA’s two-hour special “D-Day’s Sunken Secrets,” which will premiere on KCPT and other PBS stations May 28, 2014. “Adrian had an incredibly…
Education officials discuss future of KC public schools at forum
Several hundred people gathered at the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library to hear local lawmakers and education officials discuss Kansas City Public Schools and the Missouri Transfer Law set to go into effect this summer. KCPT’s Nick Haines moderated the panel that included Missouri Board of Education member John Martin, Missouri Education…
Read and share messages of support for the victims of hate in Kansas City
The hateful acts of one person have taken the lives of three of our community members, and wounded many more. So far we’ve collected several messages of support and we’ll continue to add more as they are submitted. Read what others from across the country have written and add your message below. “An evil act….