After two years of engagement with students, educators and community members, the district’s “Portrait of a Graduate” framework defines the key skills students should leave school with.
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Posted inMeeting Notes
Turner school board reviews attendance progress, elects new leaders
Turner Elementary reports improved chronic absenteeism rates, but the school has not yet met its goal.
Posted inBehind the Beacon
What The Beacon heard at the KCKPS Board Candidate Forum
The Beacon is charting a path that not only incorporates community voice and how that shapes our reporting but also holding people in power accountable and engaging with people that way through civics. When Edgar Palacios, president and CEO of The Latinx Education Collaborative (LEC) and Revolución Educativa (RevEd), shared that they were hosting a […]
Posted inHealth
More than doctor visits, a $30 million Kansas City, Kansas, clinic plan comes with a hopefully better neighborhood
Takeaways: For a year, Vibrant Health has drafted plans for a $30 million building in Kansas City, Kansas, to bring in health care and kickstart a poor neighborhood. The project reflects an evolving health care ecosystem where clinics cash in on the idea that some people get healthier or live longer not because of the […]
Posted inLocal Government
Kansas City, Kansas, let police exploit Black people, lawsuit says
Five Black women filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas. The suit contends that officials permitted an “open and notorious police protection racket” to victimize the Black community while detectives committed “regular acts of humiliation and exploitation.” Filed late Friday, the 138-page suit names four […]