Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Chris Belcher talks about the main issues in Columbia schools this year, including air conditioning, trailers, class sizes, budgets, and school lunches. Plus, the new MU Student Center expansion opens up this school year.
MU hosts a crawfish convention of sorts … And a note from a recent MU grad, to those fearful of college and its growing financial burden: Go for it anyway. Hosted by Janet Saidi
At MU’s campus an interesting and interdisciplinary group of professors have been working together on one topic – hunger. And, one of the biggest solutions in our country for combating food insecurity in families is the free kids’ meal programs.
A $20,000 grant from the Missouri Department of Education is paying for police overtime to station officers at the Holts Summit North Elementary School drop-off zone. Plus, The Missouri State Board of Education has joined 47 other states in an effort to develop common academic standards for the state’s public elementary and high schools.
The Missouri program Parents as Teachers has been providing free education for parents and their young children for more than two decades. This fiscal year – the program operates on 60 percent less funding from the state. KBIA’s Quint Smith went to learn more about this program and what it might look like after the [...]
