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Coronavirus pandemic worsens the Kansas teacher shortage
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' teacher shortage finally shows signs of shrinking. But districts still can't find enough educators to keep schools running under coronavirus safety demands. "We were through the worst of it before all this happened," s...
Kansas educators say 5 months of no school is troublesome
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The summer slide. That's the annual learning loss that happens when students spend three months away from school. Now researchers warn about a "COVID slide." Students will have spent five months out of the classroom, shuttered b...
Kansas universities juggle budget problems amid coronavirus
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas colleges will soon get millions in federal money to help with the ripple effects from the coronavirus, but educators and experts say it's not nearly enough. The roughly $2 trillion CARES Act, meant as a life preserver for...
Kansas colleges struggle to keep Latino students enrolled
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The good news for Kansas public colleges: 1,000 more Latino students will be enrolled a decade from now, enough to fill the seats left empty by fewer white students. The bad news? The state predicts fewer students will earn a deg...