early education

Three-cueing encourages students to use context clues — such as sentence structure or pictures — to figure out unfamiliar words. Critics have accused this method of teaching students to guess words rather than fully decode them.

A final proposal will be presented to the board at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the central office boardroom at 5275 Redtail Dr.

In Kansas City, Head Start centers that serve 2,300 children will have to shutter if the federal government remains closed

The Voluntary Action Center is once again bringing back its annual Back to School Program.

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.