Education

KU event to connect hundreds of students with KC startups

By Tommy Felts / March 16, 2017

To boost Kansas City’s growing startup community, the University of Kansas is hosting an event hoping to connect students with future employer prospects. Set for 2:00 p.m. on April 11, the KU Startup Job and Internship Fair expects to host about 200 students and over 20 area startups to connect and learn from presentations. The…

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Arredondo: Our education system is creating an army of unemployable people

By Tommy Felts / March 14, 2017

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in the commentary are the author’s alone.  I have good and bad news. The good news? There are more than 5,700,000 jobs available in the United States as you read this — the most jobs available at any time in the history of our country. The bad news? As of 2012,…

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Park Hill toured the country for its new innovative learning program

By Tommy Felts / March 7, 2017

The Park Hill School District is introducing a new approach to learning that aims to cultivate more innovative thinking among its students. Starting in Fall 2017, Park Hill conceptualized the LEAD Innovation Studio, a high school in which students will focus on project-, problem- and professional-based learning. The studio aims to not only address growing…

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After KCPS pilot, $2.2B Sprint project plans to close the U.S. homework gap

By Tommy Felts / March 3, 2017

More than 20 million U.S. households do not have an internet connection, according to the PEW Research Center. Pairing that with the fact that schoolwork is more frequently requiring internet access, millions of students around the nation are severely limited in their learning. In Kansas City, the story is no different — hundreds of households remain…

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Kansas City to host national student entrepreneur competition

By Tommy Felts / February 23, 2017

Kansas City will soon host a national competition for student entrepreneurs. Set for March 6 and 7 at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards will bring its top 25 national finalists to Kansas City. To qualify, student entrepreneurs must be the primary operator of a business less than six years old…

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