Maria Benevento

Editor's note: This story mentions sexual assault. If you or someone you know needs support, the Metropolitan Organization Countering Sexual Assault operates a 24/7 hotline at 816-531-0233 or 913-642-0233. Tess Sanford Ramirez and Kim Bergman share an exp... See more

Two candidates competing for a place on the Kansas State Board of Education disagree on whether Kansas schools should create more opportunities for parents to intervene in their children's education. Republican Amy Cawvey says they should, while Democrat ... See more

School districts around Kansas City know it’s possible, maybe even likely, that Missouri’s governor and lawmakers will choose to not fully fund public schools next year. kAm%96 DE2E6’D 7@F?52E:@? 7@C>F=2 %92E 5@6D?’E >62? =2H>2F=2 2>@F?E %96 &... See more

School districts around Kansas City know it’s possible, maybe even likely, that Missouri’s governor and lawmakers will choose to not fully fund public schools next year. The state’s foundation formula, the calculation of how much money schools should rece... See more

Missouri’s ‘unprecedented’ budget vote leaves schools around Kansas City in the lurch Missouri’s state education board voted not to ask the governor and lawmakers for full school funding A student at Ingels Elementary School in the Hickman Mills School Di... See more