Health
Generation XL: A 10-Year Weigh-In
Ten years after an in depth examination of the issues relating to childhood obesity, KCPT checks in to see what progress has been made to address the issues that cause obesity...
Health
"E" Is For Exercise
Fight Against Obesity Extends Beyond Phys Ed
A decade ago, Kansas City Public Television aired a 10-part series, Generation XL, which examined “the obstacles a...
Health
Say Cheese!
Look For That Ingredient And Smiles As Chefs Tackle School Lunch
A decade ago, Kansas City Public Television aired a 10-part series, Generat...
Health
Tipping The Scale
Health Advocates: Standing Pat Unacceptable In March Against Overweight Kids
Like every dieter, the Kansas City region has made its share of resolutions...
Social Determinants
Just This
How Meditation is Used in Schools to Reduce Stress and Increase Focus
Kansas City Public Schools District Superintendent Mark Bedell has embraced...
Ed 101
Week In Review: School Choice in Missouri
Across Missouri, there's swirling speculation that Gov. Eric Greitens and the State Board of Education plan to oust...
Trauma-Informed Care
How Kansas City Schools Are Using a Restorative Justice Approach to Discipline
Kansas City Public Schools Superintendent Mark Bedell is approaching discipline reform with a three-part plan focused on...
Ed 101
Too Much of a Good Thing?
School Choice Presents Challenges For Some KC Parents
Choice can be a double-edged sword when complexity is the opposite side of opportunity. Indeed, some education advoca...
Mental Health
Learning from Sandy Hook
Kansas City Audience Hears Ways To Prevent Gun Violence
Part of Nicole Hockley is frozen in a world before Dec. 14, 2012, when her 6-year-old son Dylan would pretend he was a b...
Trauma-Informed Care
For Traumatized Children, An Offer Of Help From The Muppets
Cookie Monster is all wound up. The Count has him hold up his furry blue fingers, count them (of course), and blow on ea...
Ed 101
Winning by Attrition
Charter Schools in Kansas City Achieve Some Of Their Success By Not Replacing Departing Students
As its name suggests, University Academy was created to prepare students for college. By most measures, the charter s...
Ed 101
Rethinking 'Troublemakers'
School Suspension Summit Challenges Education Leaders to Reevaluate Discipline Methods
Turn the Page KC, the Kansas City, Missouri Health Department and the mayor’s office convened school district lead...
In The Community
American Graduate Day
Tune in from 1-5 p.m. on Oct. 14 on KCPT
American Graduate Day 2017 is a four-hour, live broadcast and outreach event dedicated to engaging our country around th...
In The Community
Looking to Bear Fruit
Rural Educators Take ‘Trauma Informed’ Approach To Discipline
In the orchards of Lafayette County, which is located just to the north and east of Kansas City, the peaches are giving...
Ed 101
Switching The Script
Kansas City Public Schools Operates Charter Of Its Own
Nearly two decades ago, Atlanta aimed to revitalize its crime-plagued “Little Vietnam” neighborhood, and an...
Trauma-Informed Care
Understanding Trauma-Informed Care
What Does it Mean, and Where Did it Come From?
School districts around the region are embracing the idea that educators must understand underlying issues, such as a vi...
Ed 101
KC Leaders To Explore Disparities in School Discipline
Blacks, Males More Likely To Be Suspended
Biases, race inequity and gender discrimination in Kansas City schools are some of the alarming patterns set to be explo...
Health
Feeding the Mind
Take Note Examines School Meals Data
Education and nutrition go hand in hand. If a child is hungry or malnourished, it’s a good bet they can’t co...
Mental Health
If These Walls Could Talk
Over the course of past month, Take Note has been listening to area youth as we explore the intersection of trauma and e...
Mental Health
Trauma-Informed Care Transforms Lee’s Summit School
Discipline Referrals Plummet at Summit Ridge Academy
Summit Ridge Academy administrators knew that old-school discipline wasn’t cutting it. Instead of suspension, m...
Ed 101
Forging Their Own Path
Parental Activism Helps Launch Citizens of the World Charter School
Kenya Davis is a product of the Kansas City, Kansas, school district, as is her oldest daughter. But Davis’ enthus...
Ed 101
Summer Meal Programs Work, But ...
Key Is Addressing Underlying Causes Of Hunger
The quest to address childhood hunger in the Kansas City region unites concerned citizens of all types around one of the...
Mental Health
We Struggle, Too
Blue Valley School District Addresses Mental Wellness
There's a perception that the grass is greener in the Blue Valley School District. That may be. After all, the acade...
In The Community
Preparing for College | Common Grounds
The "Take Note" Team convenes 2017 high school graduates from around the metro to discuss their opinions on sc...
Ed 101
In His Shoes
Blue Springs High School Standout Discusses Overcoming Tragedy
Eighteen year old Josh Metje has a prestigious scholarship awaiting him at NYU, but to get there, he's faced hi...
In The Community
Nominate an American Graduate Champion
When it comes to improving the lives and education of children in our metro, mentors play an important role. Know a...
Ed 101
United Way Program Propels Students To College, Beyond
Graduating from Park University would’ve been a stretch for a child of immigrants, if not for the United Way of Gr...
Ed 101
Building From Within
KCPS Parents Score Unique Victory In Reopening Hale Cook Elementary
It took three years and two superintendents, but in 2013, a band of Kansas City Public Schools parents achieved the unth...
Ed 101
Working Toward a Solution
Hire KC Youth Looks To Level Playing Field in Summer Internships
Summer internships and jobs might be a rite of passage. But often inner-city kids lose out to well-connected families...
In The Community
Defining "Our" with Nicholas Dorn
At Take Note we like to say, "This is Our City. Our Schools. Our Future." but, as we've been not...
Student Voices
Student Voices | The Perks of College in High School
Take Note partners with Johnson County Community College's Promotional Writing class for stories of JCCC s...
In The Community
Defining "Our" with Charles King
At Take Note, we like to say, "This is Our City, Our Schools, Our Future," but the word "our" is use...
Ed 101
Failing To Succeed
Kansas City Education Summit Looks To Learn From Mistakes
Few industry leaders want to point out why their great ideas ultimately fell flat. Jobs, grants, money and pride could b...
In The Community
Common Grounds | Mental Health
On this episode of Common Grounds, the family and friends of Ryan Hill, an Olathe High School alumni who died by suicide...
Ed 101
Research Says ‘Voucher’ Programs Can Help Students
Critics in Kansas, Elsewhere Argue Playing Field Tilted Against Public Schools
The drawings depict rainbows, hearts, flowers and crosses — thank-you’s to the Catholic Education Foundation...
Ed 101
Leading With Heart
KCPS Superintendent Mark Bedell
At Take Note we like to say, "This is Our City. Our Schools. Our Future." but, as we've been noting, the w...
Ed 101
Focus On: School Choice
Here at Take Note, we're asking: How do you create school choice through (blank)? For people in the Kansas City m...
Ed 101
Excuse Me, Do You Have a Moment To Talk About Education In Kansas City?
What do you know about education in Kansas City? Whether you're a parent, educator, or just a Kansas Citian, educati...
Connect-Ed
Connect-Ed
A Weekly Roundup of Education Stories | May 19
There's plenty to keep up with on the education front, from K-12 curricula to preparing for college to school choice...
Ed 101
Mental Health Resources for Area Families
A child’s mental health affects success in school. Mental health disorders can result in poor school performance a...
Ed 101
Weighing The Choice Of Charters
Skeptics and Boosters Differ On Their Impacts On Missouri Students
Charter schools have traditionally filled a hole left by underperforming districts in Missouri. But what if that stru...
Ed 101
All Smiles
Hickman Mills Looking To Recapture Past Glory
It's not the most academically rigorous benchmark, but Linda Hinkley, a longtime teacher in the Hickman Mills School...
Connect-Ed
Connect-Ed
A Weekly Roundup of Education Stories | May 12
There's plenty to keep up with on the education front, from K-12 curricula to preparing for college to school choice...
Student Voices
However You Say It, Kansas City is Home
Whether they speak Nepali. Spanish, French, Bermese or another language, these Gladstone Elementary students call Kans...
In The Community
Common Grounds | Immigration
The Take Note team convenes education stakeholders for a conversation over coffee to discuss immigration, entrepreneursh...
Connect-Ed
Connect-Ed
A Weekly Roundup of Education Stories | May 5
There's plenty to keep up with on the education front, from K-12 curricula to preparing for college to school choice...
In The Community
School Tours | A Simplified Guide to Investing in Our Schools
Choosing which school to send your child to can be a complicated process. Depending on where you live, your options may...
NPR
Under Trump Budget, Nearly 2 Million Kids May Lose After-School Care
Mary Beth Burkes lives in Buchanan County, Va., a depressed coal-mining region where 1 in 4 families lives in poverty an...
Connect-Ed
Connect-Ed
A Weekly Roundup of Education Stories | April 28
There's plenty to keep up with on the education front, from K-12 curricula to preparing for college to school choice...
Connect-Ed
Connect-Ed
A Weekly Roundup of Education Stories | April 21
In 2012, Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Missouri applied for a state grant to resurface its playground through a t...
In The Community
New KC Education Nonprofit Announces Next Round of Funding
A new Kansas City, Missouri, nonprofit has announced the second round of funding as part of a decade-long effort to impr...
Ed 101
Kansas City Week in Review | Take Note Superintendents Roundtable
With education stories making the news both nationally and locally, this Take Note Special addresses education issues in...
Connect-Ed
Connect-Ed
A Weekly Roundup of Education Stories | April 14
On Wednesday, New York became the first state to offer free tuition to full-time students who attend in-state public col...
Immigration
Cracking The Code For Immigrant Students
Northland Elementary Excels With Multicultural Student Body
Tucked within a quiet Kansas City community, Crestview Elementary School is pretty unassuming. But once inside the bu...
Immigration
To Be Happy
Education Through the Lens of Kansas City Immigrant Students
In many ways Happy Melly is your typical middle schooler who loves to play soccer and spend time with his family. But he...
Connect-Ed
Connect-Ed
A Weekly Roundup of Education Stories | April 7
There's plenty to keep up with on the education front, from K-12 curricula to preparing for college to school choice...
Ed 101
Ruckus | Show Me KC Schools' Tricia Johnson
Ruckus' Mike Shanin interviews Tricia Johnson, executive director of Show Me KC Schools, about her organization'...
In The Community
Common Grounds | School Choice
The Take Note team convenes education stakeholders for a conversation over coffee to discuss school choice opt...
Connect-Ed
Connect-Ed
A Weekly Roundup of Education Stories | March 31
There's plenty to keep up with on the education front, from K-12 curricula to preparing for college to school choice...
Student Voices
Perspectives
JCCC Advanced Reporting Students Bring Voices From Across the Metro
These vignettes are part of a collaboration between "Take Note: Our Schools. Our City. Our Future." and Johnso...
Social Determinants
The Science of Believing
Where Student Achievement and Hope Intersect for Our Metro's Most At-Risk Students
What is the single biggest factor related to student achievement? You'll find it buried deep in a 50-year-old docume...
Connect-Ed
Connect-Ed
A Weekly Roundup of Education Stories | March 24
There's plenty to keep up with on the education front, from K-12 curricula to preparing for college to school choice...
Ed 101
Volunteer Opportunities: Mentoring
At-risk students who meet regularly with a mentor are less likely to skip school and more likely to enroll in college, a...
Ed 101
School Funding: The Devil's in the Details
School funding is a topic that regularly makes headlines but isn't often understood. With so much at stake, Take Not...
Ed 101
Local Action Drives Education Policy
Two Area Districts Highlight Close-To-Home Impacts
Betsy DeVos has proven to be one of the most controversial players in President Trump’s new lineup, with her conse...
Connect-Ed
Connect-Ed
A Weekly Roundup of Education Stories | March 17
There's plenty to keep up with on the education front, from K-12 curricula to preparing for college to school choice...
Ed 101
"The Bad Kids” Resonates with Students, Faculty at Kansas City Alternative High School
“The Bad Kids” airs at 9 p.m. March 20 on KCPT
Before coming to DeLaSalle Education Center, NaKira, who is a high school senior in Kansas City, Missouri, says that she...
Ed 101
Perceptions Continue to Shape Districts
Urban Schools Are Working to Change Historic Stigma
When Heidi Van moved to the West Plaza with her two young children, she joined a vanguard of families staying in Kansas...
Ed 101
How We Got Here
A Kansas City Education Timeline
It has taken us more than a century to get here. That's the first thing we come to realize as we explore the&nb...
Ed 101
Take Note: Does ZIP Code Matter
Should where a child rests his or her head at night impact the quality of the education they receive? KCPT and American...
Ed 101
Ruckus: Newsmaker Mike McShane
Show Me Institute
In December, Ruckus host Mike Shanin interviewed Mike McShane, Director of Education Policy for the Show Me In...
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