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Aligned Cradle to Career Listening Tour 2025
Join us on our 2025 Cradle to Career Listening Tour — a four-stop journey across Kansas to gather community insights and drive meaningful conversations around workforce, education, and opportunity
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Weekly Update

This week’s highlights: Top News - The state of school finance reform in both states. Missouri Update - Brief legislative session recap and remembering Kit Bond. Kansas Update - More school bond

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Update - June 2025
This month's highlights: Top News — Federal debates on the child tax credit and student loans gain momentum, while the Supreme Court lets Oklahoma’s religious charter school ruling stand. Missouri
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Analyzing School District Cash Reserves in Kansas

During the first few meetings of the Kansas Education Funding Task Force, both policymakers and district leaders have raised a familiar question: how much money are school districts keeping in reserve

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Weekly Update

This week’s highlights: Top News - U.S. Supreme Court hears case on religious charter schools Missouri Update - Open enrollment bill heard, a new workforce effort launched, and two new education

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Facing the Future with Fewer Learners

Enrollment decline lurks behind many conversations in education, fueling concern across the spectrum from early childhood through higher education. After all, many of our systems, institutions, and

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Weekly Update

This week’s highlights: Top News - KCPS seeks its first bond approval since 1967, but it’s just one of dozens of districts asking voters to fund facilities, teacher pay, and school safety upgrades

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How Missouri Funds Public Schools

This week, the Missouri House Budget Committee approved HB 2, allocating $8.2 billion for elementary and secondary education in the upcoming fiscal year. The committee's version of the bill also

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Weekly Update

This week’s highlights: Top News - Enrollment decline lurks behind many conversations in education, fueling concern across the spectrum from early childhood through higher education Missouri Update -

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Executive Order… Now What?

President Trump has signed an executive order directing the closure of the U.S. Department of Education, marking a historic shift in federal education policy. While this move fulfills a longstanding