Critical summer: Here's how everyone can help children 'learn, grow and play'

The summer of 2022 has arrived with refreshing joy and possibilities — but also with a heavy air of fear. The hot season has long brought out the best and the worst of the fellowship that brings neighborhoods together and the violence and neglect that endangers children and families. Here’s what KC is doing about it and how you can help.

'We can do this': Schools can open. Here's how.

School administrators and childhood programmers across Kansas City are steering into a perfect storm as a broken summer for education raises the stakes now and for the critical fall semester ahead. The challenge is urgent, and one they are facing with creativity, collaboration, and determination.

Plan A, Plan B, Plan . . . Z? Schools trying to predict future that's impossible to know

It almost goes without saying, but Recommendation No. 1 in the state’s recent advice to school districts on how to run summer school is: “Maximum flexibility.” And with the uncertain horizon before them, expect the same come the start of the next school year in August.

LINC and Freedom Schools partner to empower KCPS students

Freedom Schools and LINC work together at African-Centered College Preparatory Academy to keep KCPS students learning throughout the summer.

Summer programs start

Extensive summer school programs started June 4 in several LINC-supported school districts. In the Kansas City Public Schools, LINC was one of several partners opening a summer school program with a strong focus on instruction in core academic areas. Over 7,000 students are enrolled in KCPS summer programs.