Education

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Slowing the slump: summer literacy programs get kids reading

DuRonica Farmer will be entering sixth grade this fall. She began this summer reading at a third grade level. According to Turn the Page KC, a literacy initiative started by Kansas City, Mo. Mayor Sly James, around 80 percent of Kansas City kids are behind when it comes to reading. For kids with few books…

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KCPT Education Conference Celebrates 10 Years of Free Professional Development for Area Teachers

Over one hundred educators from 15 local school districts gathered at the tenth KCPT Education Conference Tuesday.

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Slideshow: KC High School Seniors Strut their STEM Stuff

250 local seniors displayed Engineering and biomedical projects that are the fruits of students’ participation in the KC STEM Alliance’s Project Lead the Way coursework.

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Bittersweet Day for KC Charter School

Académie Lafayette had their annual lottery for next year’s kindergarten class Thursday March 14.

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Local Student Gets on the Bus!

LeRoy Ford will be one of forty college students participating in PBS and American Experience’s 2011 Student Freedom Ride.

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