Housed at both KU and UMKC, the university centers protect and support individuals with developmental disabilities. Now, they ...

Many schools in Missouri invested in learning mentors and tutors after the pandemic began to help students academically recover. The latest Kids Count report shows fewer children in Missouri and ...

Deyanira Nevárez Martínez is an assistant professor of urban and regional planning at Michigan State University. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

Despite the provisions in Kansas’ anti-DEI bill, KUMC still catalogs many of UCSF’s resources on the website, such as “Imagining Medical Abolition” and “Imagining Medical Reparations.” ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — "It's just exhilarating," said Kevin Foster, Genesis Charter School's executive director. "Charter schools are renewed for a period of time, and ours is a five-year renewal.

Catholic Charities in Youngstown, Ohio, will join a new pilot study, Lifting Moms Out of Poverty (LMOP), a program developed by Catholic Charities USA, in a bid to offer aid to mothers with small ...

The poverty rate in Overland Park is 4.2%. It’s one of the richest cities in Kansas. Nearly all the population has insurance and would be able to recoup after a disaster.

For 20 years, Brazil's Bolsa Familia Program — Portuguese for "family allowance" — has given a monthly cash payment to low-income families. A new study shows an unexpected consequence: a dramatic drop ...

Poverty is an issue that impacts more than 200,000 families in Kansas City. To shed light, the Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph held its annual 5K run.

Politics University of Kansas instructor out of job after saying men should be ‘lined up and shot’ for not backing female candidates By Caitlin Doornbos Published Oct. 11, 2024, 4:40 p.m. ET ...

Max Roser is a professor at the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government, where he researches global issues such as poverty, hunger and war. He is also the founder of Our World in Data.

With Medicaid expansion, states and the federal government can cover those making up to 138 percent of the poverty level - about $20,000 a year for an individual.