Health
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
A decade ago, Kansas City Public Television aired a 10-part series, Generation XL, which examined “the obstacles a...
Health
A decade ago, Kansas City Public Television aired a 10-part series, Generat...
Health
Like every dieter, the Kansas City region has made its share of resolutions...
Social Determinants
Kansas City Public Schools District Superintendent Mark Bedell has embraced...
Ed 101
Across Missouri, there's swirling speculation that Gov. Eric Greitens and the State Board of Education plan to oust...
Trauma-Informed Care
Kansas City Public Schools Superintendent Mark Bedell is approaching discipline reform with a three-part plan focused on...
Ed 101
Choice can be a double-edged sword when complexity is the opposite side of opportunity. Indeed, some education advoca...
Mental Health
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
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
As its name suggests, University Academy was created to prepare students for college. By most measures, the charter s...
Ed 101
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 2017 is a four-hour, live broadcast and outreach event dedicated to engaging our country around th...
In The Community
In the orchards of Lafayette County, which is located just to the north and east of Kansas City, the peaches are giving...
Ed 101
Nearly two decades ago, Atlanta aimed to revitalize its crime-plagued “Little Vietnam” neighborhood, and an...
Trauma-Informed Care
School districts around the region are embracing the idea that educators must understand underlying issues, such as a vi...
Ed 101
Biases, race inequity and gender discrimination in Kansas City schools are some of the alarming patterns set to be explo...
Health
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
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
Summit Ridge Academy administrators knew that old-school discipline wasn’t cutting it. Instead of suspension, m...
Ed 101
Kenya Davis is a product of the Kansas City, Kansas, school district, as is her oldest daughter. But Davis’ enthus...
Ed 101
The quest to address childhood hunger in the Kansas City region unites concerned citizens of all types around one of the...
Mental Health
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
The "Take Note" Team convenes 2017 high school graduates from around the metro to discuss their opinions on sc...
Ed 101
Eighteen year old Josh Metje has a prestigious scholarship awaiting him at NYU, but to get there, he's faced hi...
In The Community
When it comes to improving the lives and education of children in our metro, mentors play an important role. Know a...
Ed 101
Graduating from Park University would’ve been a stretch for a child of immigrants, if not for the United Way of Gr...
Ed 101
It took three years and two superintendents, but in 2013, a band of Kansas City Public Schools parents achieved the unth...
Ed 101
Summer internships and jobs might be a rite of passage. But often inner-city kids lose out to well-connected families...
In The Community
At Take Note we like to say, "This is Our City. Our Schools. Our Future." but, as we've been not...
Student Voices
Take Note partners with Johnson County Community College's Promotional Writing class for stories of JCCC s...
In The Community
At Take Note, we like to say, "This is Our City, Our Schools, Our Future," but the word "our" is use...
Ed 101
Few industry leaders want to point out why their great ideas ultimately fell flat. Jobs, grants, money and pride could b...
In The Community
On this episode of Common Grounds, the family and friends of Ryan Hill, an Olathe High School alumni who died by suicide...
Ed 101
The drawings depict rainbows, hearts, flowers and crosses — thank-you’s to the Catholic Education Foundation...
Ed 101
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
Here at Take Note, we're asking: How do you create school choice through (blank)? For people in the Kansas City m...
Ed 101
What do you know about education in Kansas City? Whether you're a parent, educator, or just a Kansas Citian, educati...
Connect-Ed
There's plenty to keep up with on the education front, from K-12 curricula to preparing for college to school choice...
Ed 101
A child’s mental health affects success in school. Mental health disorders can result in poor school performance a...
Ed 101
Charter schools have traditionally filled a hole left by underperforming districts in Missouri. But what if that stru...
Ed 101
It's not the most academically rigorous benchmark, but Linda Hinkley, a longtime teacher in the Hickman Mills School...
Connect-Ed
There's plenty to keep up with on the education front, from K-12 curricula to preparing for college to school choice...
Student Voices
Whether they speak Nepali. Spanish, French, Bermese or another language, these Gladstone Elementary students call Kans...
In The Community
The Take Note team convenes education stakeholders for a conversation over coffee to discuss immigration, entrepreneursh...
Connect-Ed
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
Choosing which school to send your child to can be a complicated process. Depending on where you live, your options may...
NPR
Mary Beth Burkes lives in Buchanan County, Va., a depressed coal-mining region where 1 in 4 families lives in poverty an...
Connect-Ed
There's plenty to keep up with on the education front, from K-12 curricula to preparing for college to school choice...
Connect-Ed
In 2012, Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Missouri applied for a state grant to resurface its playground through a t...
In The Community
A new Kansas City, Missouri, nonprofit has announced the second round of funding as part of a decade-long effort to impr...
Ed 101
With education stories making the news both nationally and locally, this Take Note Special addresses education issues in...
Connect-Ed
On Wednesday, New York became the first state to offer free tuition to full-time students who attend in-state public col...
Immigration
Tucked within a quiet Kansas City community, Crestview Elementary School is pretty unassuming. But once inside the bu...
Immigration
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
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' Mike Shanin interviews Tricia Johnson, executive director of Show Me KC Schools, about her organization'...
In The Community
The Take Note team convenes education stakeholders for a conversation over coffee to discuss school choice opt...
Connect-Ed
There's plenty to keep up with on the education front, from K-12 curricula to preparing for college to school choice...
Student Voices
These vignettes are part of a collaboration between "Take Note: Our Schools. Our City. Our Future." and Johnso...
Social Determinants
What is the single biggest factor related to student achievement? You'll find it buried deep in a 50-year-old docume...
Connect-Ed
There's plenty to keep up with on the education front, from K-12 curricula to preparing for college to school choice...
Ed 101
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 is a topic that regularly makes headlines but isn't often understood. With so much at stake, Take Not...
Ed 101
Betsy DeVos has proven to be one of the most controversial players in President Trump’s new lineup, with her conse...
Connect-Ed
There's plenty to keep up with on the education front, from K-12 curricula to preparing for college to school choice...
Ed 101
Before coming to DeLaSalle Education Center, NaKira, who is a high school senior in Kansas City, Missouri, says that she...
Ed 101
When Heidi Van moved to the West Plaza with her two young children, she joined a vanguard of families staying in Kansas...
Ed 101
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
Should where a child rests his or her head at night impact the quality of the education they receive? KCPT and American...
Ed 101
In December, Ruckus host Mike Shanin interviewed Mike McShane, Director of Education Policy for the Show Me In...