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Kansas City charter school found locking up students’ phones left more time for learning
Facetime calls. Blaring music. Video games. “You name it, it was happening” during class at DeLaSalle High School, said Breona Ward, director of college and career progressions. Students’ cellphone use got in the way of learning at the Kansas City charter school. The difference Ward saw in her English classroom was “night and day” after […] The post Kansas City charter school found locking up students’ phones left more time for learning appeared first on Missouri Independent.
Payment backlog leaves Missouri child care providers desperate, on the brink of closing
A series of changes to Missouri's child care subsidy program have created a major headache for day care providers, who say they've been forced to make difficult budget decisions as they wait on money owed to them by the state (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent). This spring, the state of Missouri owed...
SMSD News: We are One Shawnee Mission and we are ALL IN
July 1 marked the start of the 2024-2025 school year in the Shawnee Mission School District (SMSD). It also officially was the first day Dr. Michael Schumacher began to serve as Superintendent. Dr. Schumacher shared that the dedication of everyone in the SMSD – students, their families, educators, and the...
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