early education

The annual child wellness report Kids Count found child poverty has improved in Kansas and Missouri compared to the years before the pandemic. But federal budget cuts could threaten access to food and health assistance for families in need.

A proposed addition to charter-school applications would require a 'certificate of need'.

Roughly 61,000 school-age children are homeschooled, or about 6% of all students across the state.

The CPS Board also discussed current legislative priorities, including improving internet access for all Missouri students.

Missouri legislators this year approved $11 million to fully fund Parton's program that sends free books to children ages 5 and under. Parton came to Kansas City's briefly-renamed Folly Theater to celebrate — and sing a few songs.

Some of the counseling includes teaching social-emotional lessons and having lunch with students.

Students in Columbia can pick up free backpacks and school supplies tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Karis Church, which is located at 606 Ridgeway Avenue.

Mizzou football players, firemen and fathers were among dozens of men who joined up to spend Tuesday afternoon with preschoolers from Title I…

Watch the show and join the conversation on theIntersection website.Among the many proposals outlined in Gov. Jay Nixon's State of the State address last…