'Together Towards Tomorrow' for Hickman Mills starts with rally, enrollment

The Hickman Mills School District’s drive to become a high-performing district is preparing for launch.

The mission’s theme — “Together Towards Tomorrow” — will guide its year-opening festivities, welcoming families for enrollment to its schools and its LINC before- and after-school programs, and celebrating with a community rally.

Back-to-School Immunizations Drive underway at KCMO Health Department

The Back-to-School Immunization Drive is underway at the Kansas City, Missouri Health Department, and parents and guardians are being urged to bring their children in now to avoid those long lines and wait times that only get worse as the first day of school approaches.

Back-to-school state tax holiday weekend coming Aug. 2

Kansas City-area shoppers once again will reap the benefits of back-to-school bargains when Missouri’s sales tax holiday kicks off at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 2. The tax-free weekend runs through Sunday, Aug. 4.

In championing education equity, the 2019 EPFP fellows say: We're just getting started

What the Kansas City fellows in the 2018-2019 Education Policy Fellowship Program presented in their final scheduled time together this summer was more of a launch party of things to come.

When it comes to their chosen mission of championing education policy through a lens of equity, these EPFP fellows made it clear: We’re just getting started.

Festivals, enrollment fairs to celebrate start of new school year

LINC’s partner school districts are gathering their families and communities to summer festivals to launch the start of the 2019-2020 school year with games, school supplies and enrollment opportunities.

Fake genetic test scheme seeks Medicaid, Medicare information for identity theft

State officials are warning service providers of a genetic testing scheme happening in many states, including Missouri.

Scammers are offering individuals cheek swabs claiming it is for genetic testing, but their intent is to obtain Medicare or Medicaid information for identify theft or fraudulent billing purposes. Fraudsters are targeting beneficiaries through door-to-door visits, booths at public events, health fairs, and telemarketing calls.

'Bug House' and bishops on attack: LINC's chess camp delights in strategy

LINC’s Chess Camp gathered some 26 kids and its companion Chess University some 16 adults to steep themselves in new strategies in the week-long programs at Genesis School.

The history of LINC’s two decades of promoting chess suggests that today’s students may well be tomorrow’s teachers.

Long-time LINC commissioner Herby Freeman dies

Herby Freeman, a longtime LINC commissioner and mental health advocate will be remembered at visitation and funeral services Saturday, July 20 in Kansas City.

LINC intends to apply for 21st Century Community Learning Centers grant

LINC intends to submit three different applications for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers federal grant.

Each grant application includes three different schools. The schools were selected with the support and assistance of the school district.

Copies of the application, once submitted, are available upon request.

LINC has been extensively involved with the federal 21st Century Communities Learning Center grants and shown strong results.

'We have to talk about these things': LINC students confront race, identity in '30 Americans' exhibition

Students from Wendell Phillips Elementary School toured the Nelson-Atkins Museum’s provocative “30 Americans” exhibition of works by African American artists, taking on its challenging questions of “Race, History, Identity and Beauty.”

KCPS to Host Enrollment Fair for New Students

Kansas City Public Schools is hosting its 2019 Enrollment Fair for new students from Monday, July 15 through Thursday, July 18 at the Board of Education building, which is located at 2901 Troost Ave. in Kansas City, Mo.

Sly James to unveil autobiography, talk of his fight for children's literacy at Plaza Library

Kansas City Mayor Sly James, launching his new autobiography, A Passion for Purpose, will sit down with co-author Sean Wheelock at the Kansas City Public Library Plaza Branch July 25 to discuss his career and the life experiences that have shaped his values and views, including his fierce advocacy for children’s literacy and education.

Fort Osage team goes deep into schools to combat youth mental health crisis

A mental health crisis is shadowing the nation’s children and the Fort Osage School District is taking a step that many experts are saying needs to happen with urgency in communities throughout the country: Putting therapists inside their schools.

'For the sake of the children and our city,' Turn the Page looks ahead as Mayor James leaves office

Turn the Page KC’s Summer Reading Splash at the Sprint Center thrilled 2,000 children with new books, while outgoing Mayor Sly James took stock of the work still to be done as Kansas City chases its goal of every child reading at grade level by the third grade.

Can't pay the rent: Housing in Missouri, nationwide out of reach for low-income workers

Out of Reach documents the significant gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing across the United States.

Over the past 30 years, the annual report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition has demonstrated that the cost of a modest rental home is out of reach for low-wage workers and other low-income renters.

KIDS COUNT report shows persistent poverty among Missouri's children

Nearly 30 years after the KIDS COUNT Data Book began exposing the plight of U.S. children, more than 252,000 Missouri children continue to live in poverty.

Missouri ranked 28th out of 50 states in measures of children’s economic well-being, education, health and their families and communities. Missouri slipped down from 26th in the 2018 data book.

'30 Americans' art exhibition explores questions of race, history, identity, beauty

A showcase of more than 80 artworks created over the past four decades by celebrated African American artists offers “a powerful combination of art and community discussion” according to Julian Zugazagoitia, director of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

Learn chess or learn to teach it. LINC's free summer programs open to all

Chess Camp is geared toward children who have already participated in at least one of LINC’s chess tournaments and who want to advance their game. Chess University would be ideal for parents who want to be able to teach the game to their children and for school staffers who want to be able to help tutor children learning chess in after-school and summer school programs.

For families in need of a summer food site: Just text

No Kid Hungry is helping families in need of summer food help quickly find their nearest providers with a texting service.

KC School Suspension Summit: 'Oppression shows up when you don't know it's happening'

The 2019 School Suspension Summit in Kansas City challenged notions of power, race and identity to take on inequitable disparities in area school suspension data.