Youth

Ties meet rocket tech: Crooked Branch refines bow ties with carbon fiber, urging fearlessness

By Tommy Felts / March 21, 2019

Capitalize on what’s trendy, find a way to make it better, and the work will do itself, Paul Kaster said of his fresh-out-of-high school startup journey. Such a mindset has only elevated business for Kaster, founder of Crooked Branch Studio. The entrepreneur recently launched a line of bow ties made from carbon fiber — a…

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UMKC joins campus network’s student Entrepreneur Quest accelerator competition

By Tommy Felts / March 19, 2019

A final showdown of student startups has been set, as budding entrepreneurs from across the University of Missouri campus network compete for financial support. “It brings a lot of those best practices together from all four campuses and really showcases all the great work that’s going on in the system to promote entrepreneurship,” said Andy…

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Young brains rewired by non-stop screen time in classrooms, neurotherapist tells district

By Tommy Felts / February 19, 2019

[Editor’s note: The following is part of a limited Startland series, exploring parent advocates’ objections to 1:1 technology initiatives, which typically put a tablet device in the hands of each student and are popularly used as classroom innovation models across Kansas City and the nation.] [divide] A rise in ADHD diagnosis and increased risk of…

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Mother stresses lack of parental consent for school devices amid privacy, development worries

By Tommy Felts / February 19, 2019

[Editor’s note: The following is part of a limited Startland series, exploring parent advocates’ objections to 1:1 technology initiatives, which typically put a tablet device in the hands of each student and are popularly used as classroom innovation models across Kansas City and the nation.] [divide] Digital dangers are lurking in Shawnee Mission classrooms, as…

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