Education

Wide Ruled: The future of Kansas schools with education commissioner Randy Watson

By Tommy Felts / June 7, 2017

Editor’s note: In partnership with the Wide Ruled podcast hosted by Brainroot Light and Sound, Startland News hopes to offer its audience more avenues to learn about innovators in Kansas City. Opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone.[divide] Wide Ruled is a Kansas City-based podcast focused on equality in education. Each episode showcases a…

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UMKC eyes ‘final four’ of Enactus contest attracting thousands of student entrepreneurs to KC

By Tommy Felts / May 9, 2017

Kansas City will soon become the entrepreneurial epicenter for a national, collegiate competition and conference challenging young innovators to do good in their communities. From May 21 to 23, Kansas City will host more than 2,000 entrepreneurial college students for the Enactus United States National Exposition. Founded in 1975, Enactus challenges students from more than…

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Kauffman, UMKC symposium hopes to inspire and challenge social entrepreneurs

By Tommy Felts / May 4, 2017

To spur more socially-minded ventures in the metro, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and University of Missouri-Kansas City are teaming up to host the fifth-annual Midwest Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship. Set for May 15 and 16, the two-day event will welcome about 125 attendees from the region, offering workshops, panel discussions and speakers. Tony Luppino,…

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New Lean Lab approach hopes to better position ed tech startups

By Tommy Felts / April 28, 2017

With applications now open for the incubator’s fourth cohort, the Lean Lab hopes a pivot in its approach will foster more savvy education startups. Offering office space, mentorship, direct access to area school systems and up to $35,000 in support, the Lean Lab will soon select five promising education tech startups from around the world…

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KCPS superintendent Dr. Bedell: The mission to serve KC kids ‘is our boss’

By Tommy Felts / April 28, 2017

Editor’s note: To fulfill Startland News’ mission of highlighting challenges in Kansas City, we asked Dr. Mark T. Bedell, the Superintendent of Kansas City Public Schools, to share his vision reintegrating local schools. The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. [divide width=”medium”] I have a mission in Kansas City, Mo. to help lead…

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