Education Archives

CPS teacher prepare for students return in-person

Columbia Public Schools staff members prepare for elementary students to return

October 18, 2020 7:19 PM Amber Tabeling

Elementary schools will soon be full of students as Columbia Public Schools starts four-day week in-person learning on Monday amid COVID-19.

University of Missouri homecoming celebrations underway

October 16, 2020 5:17 AM Brittany Wiley

Homecoming celebrations are underway at the University of Missouri, but look very different because of COVID-19.

New Bloomfield middle and high schools to go online citing lack of substitute teachers

October 16, 2020 7:02 PM Connor Hirsch

In a press release, the superintendant Sarah Wisdom said it “considers the education and well-being of our students and staff to be of the utmost importance,” and that the move is because it believes the lack of substitutes would lessen the quality of education.

FRIDAY UPDATES: Nearly half of all ICU patients need a ventilator in Boone County

October 16, 2020 8:23 AM ABC 17 News Team

Check back for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Start of in-person class might help struggling Columbia Public Schools students catch up

October 16, 2020 4:31 PM Zola Crowder

All-online education has left some struggling academically as Columbia Public Schools elementary students return to classrooms.

University of Missouri Faculty Council approves motion to censure Chancellor Choi

October 16, 2020 10:59 AM Matthew Sanders

The motion rebukes MU Chancellor Mun Choi, saying he failed to read advice from a committee that recommends faculty promotion and tenure.

Free meals will not be available to all in-person CPS students

October 16, 2020 12:21 PM Riane Cleveland

When school began online in September, all students ages 2-18 could receive a meal, regardless of if they qualified for free and reduced-price meals, through the Grab and Go Meal Program.

University of Missouri to continue in-person learning after Thanksgiving break

October 15, 2020 4:56 PM Connor Hirsch

As the University of Missouri continues to welcome students to the classroom amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the institution will continue in-person and hybrid learning after Thanksgiving Break.

THURSDAY UPDATES: Camden and Cole County provide updates on COVID-19 cases

October 15, 2020 5:42 AM ABC 17 News Team

Get live updates on the COVID-19 pandemic here.

University of Missouri to host the 2025 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championship finals

October 15, 2020 8:36 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Collegiate student-athletes from across the country will make their way to Columbia in a few years. The NCAA announced yesterday the University of Missouri is set to host the 2025 Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championship finals. That will happen at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course in south Columbia. Sports Sales

Stephens College Board of Trustees welcomes two new members

October 15, 2020 5:48 PM Karl Wehmhoener

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Stephens College added two new members, Daryll Harris Griffin and John Sebree, to its Board of Trustees this October. Daryll Harris Griffin Griffin, a 1972 graduate of Stephens College, is the president of Accolades, Inc., a brand marketing firm she founded in 1990. She served as chair of the board and secretary

Boonville Board of Education discusses loosening restrictions on quarantined students, employees

October 14, 2020 4:02 PM Connor Hirsch

The Boonville Board of Education will consider classifying school employees as “essential” at a special meeting Wednesday.

Multiple schools in Jefferson City found violating food code during September inspections

October 14, 2020 10:35 AM Molly Stawinoga

Four of the five schools in Jefferson City Public School District that were inspected during the month of September were found to be violating the Jefferson City Food Code.

As CPS teachers prepare for the return of in-person classes, parents work to prepare their children

October 14, 2020 7:21 PM Amber Tabeling

As Columbia Public Schools’ Elementary teachers are preparing their classrooms for in-person, parents are preparing their children for the new normal before returning to school on Monday, Oct. 19th for the first in over six months.

WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Missouri’s COVID-19 public health dashboard updated for first time since Saturday

October 14, 2020 11:02 AM ABC 17 News Team

Check back for updates on the COVID-19 pandemic in Mid-Missouri.

Some Columbia Public Schools teachers prepare for the switch to in-person learning

October 14, 2020 12:10 PM Zola Crowder

Ariel Schwarting, a third grade teacher at Grant Elementary, is setting up a system for her students to keep supplies separate in the classroom.

Failing grades increase as CPS students learn online

October 13, 2020 8:22 PM Amber Tabeling

Online learning continues to show it’s challenges within Columbia Public Schools as data shows failing grades are significantly up this year as students learn online.

Some happy, some let down by Columbia Board of Education’s decision to send some kids back to class

October 13, 2020 12:06 PM Riane Cleveland

Families with students in Columbia Public Schools have differing opinions of the school board’s decision for elementary students to return to the classroom.

Columbia Board of Education votes to not send middle and high school students back to in-person learning

October 13, 2020 11:51 AM Zola Crowder

School board President Helen Wade said during the board’s four-hour meeting that the youngest kids are the ones that need to be in-person first.

Columbia Board of Education votes for pre-K through 5th grade to return to a four day week next week

October 12, 2020 2:59 PM Sydney Olsen

The Columbia School Board voted to allow some students to return to the classroom.