Educators urge parents to take their kids to school, not to work, and sidestep annual event

Schools urge parents not to take kids to work

In email to about 5,000 donors, Kansas says their contributions are safe

Kansas assures donors their money is not misused

Struggling families increasingly seek help paying for school meals amid blistering recession

Struggling families depend more on school lunches

University of Kansas investigates ticket office, fundraising entity

Kansas investigates ticket office, fund

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The University of Kansas announced Wednesday that it plans an independent review of the athletics department’s ticket office and fundraising entity after a report raised questions about the sale of basketball tickets.

With budgets getting bleaker, school leaders face unpopular idea of closing schools

Bleak budgets force schools to consider closure

Detroit district to close more than a quarter of its schools in June amid falling enrollment

44 of 172 Detroit schools slated to close in June

Kansas City district says school closing plan will be in place by fall, but offer few details

Few details about ambitious KC school closing plan

Kansas City superintendent plans to close half the schools before classes begin in the fall

Massive school closures in KC to be done by fall

Kansas City superintendent says closing half its schools is painful but ‘right thing to do’

KC superintendent says school closings are painful

Kansas City, Mo., board shuttering almost half the district’s schools to avoid going broke

Mass school closures approved in Kansas City, Mo.

Kansas City, Mo., board votes to close nearly half the district’s schools to avoid bankruptcy

Mass school closures approved in Kansas City, Mo.

Kansas City, Mo., school board faces key decision on closing schools, avoiding bankruptcy

Kansas City, Mo., school board to vote on closures

Kansas City, Mo., school board to vote on closing half the beleaguered district’s schools

Kansas City school board to vote on closures