Elle Moxley
Elle covers education for KCUR. The best part of her job is talking to students. Before coming to KCUR in 2014, Elle covered Indiana education policy for NPR’s StateImpact project. Her work covering Indiana’s exit from the Common Core was nationally recognized with an Edward R. Murrow award. Her work at KCUR has been recognized by the Missouri Broadcasters Association and the Kansas City Press Club. She is a graduate of the University Of Missouri School Of Journalism. Elle regularly tweets photos of her dog, Kingsley. There is a wounded Dr. Ian Malcolm bobblehead on her desk.
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Hickman Mills school board member DaRon McGee criticized a tax deal that would bring a new Price Chopper to South Kansas City. But other board members say he didn't have their permission to speak about the project.
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From after-school programs to adult education, parents in Kansas and Missouri are doing one of two things: fight to keep programs open or create resources to solve their own problems.
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Educators are now considered essential workers who can continue to teach if exposed to COVID-19, as long as they remain asymptomatic. That has some teachers afraid to criticize re-entry plans they feel are unsafe.
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Parents Pressure Blue Valley School Board To Ignore Health Department Guidelines So Sports Can ContiSports have become a rallying cry for families who want schools to reopen. Athletics are important for kids' mental and physical health, but playing them in the middle of a pandemic is risky.
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Jackson County Health Officials Recommend Delaying School Because So Many People Are Testing PositivJackson County's numbers are headed in the wrong direction for in-person learning, even in school districts not planning to go back until after Labor Day.
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Back-To-School Shopping Means Spending Millions On Thermometers, Sanitizer And Air Filters For KansaThe earliest students will return to Kansas City Public Schools for in-person learning is Sept. 22, and only if local pandemic conditions improve. But the the district has already spent millions preparing for their return.
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Five months into the pandemic, some providers haven't reopened and many never will. Without access to child care, experts say many families are struggling to meet their kids' developmental needs.
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Public health officials say a return to in-person learning will only be safe when fewer people are testing positive for COVID-19. Right now, cases are spiking in Kansas and Missouri.
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Lee's Summit is on its third superintendent in four years, and teachers are worried that turnover at the top will keep their concerns about re-entry from being heard.
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At least in coronavirus hotspots like Wyandotte and Johnson counties, it’s starting to seem like Gov. Laura Kelly will get her way.