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Central Region Workforce Development Region is partnering with State Fair Community College to host the program.
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The nonprofit aims to finish the school by January 2024.
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Schools in Missouri are still rebounding from the pandemic's impact on student learning. State education leaders say they're also grappling with student mental health issues, chronic absenteeism and teacher shortages.
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The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a state law criminalizing parents whose children miss school, ruling against two mothers charged in their young children’s tardiness.
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School resource officers' responsibilities include building relationships and fast response times during emergencies.
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Many resources in Columbia are predominantly available in English, like children’s art classes. One woman in Columbia helps kids express themselves through art in two languages.
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Many students in Missouri are no longer be eligible to qualify for federal food assistance. During the pandemic, rules were relaxed so students weren’t required to participate in state or federally funded work programs such as work-study to qualify.
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Dustan Farr said the Platte County School District’s policy to ban transgender students from using the restroom that aligns with their gender identity has "crushed" his daughter's education.
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Missouri River Days is a half-day field trip offered to all fourth-graders at Columbia Public Schools in partnership with the nonprofit group Missouri River Relief. The field trip is held at Cooper’s Landing Riverside Resort & Marina, where students have the opportunity to get up close and personal with nature.
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Eze Pojmann-Ezeonyilo innovates a constructing birdhouses to preserve the future of Purple Martins, while giving an educational opportunity to students at a Columbia elementary school.