Elle Moxley
Elle covers education for KCUR. The best part of her job is talking to students. Before coming to KCUR in 2014, Elle covered Indiana education policy for NPR’s StateImpact project. Her work covering Indiana’s exit from the Common Core was nationally recognized with an Edward R. Murrow award. Her work at KCUR has been recognized by the Missouri Broadcasters Association and the Kansas City Press Club. She is a graduate of the University Of Missouri School Of Journalism. Elle regularly tweets photos of her dog, Kingsley. There is a wounded Dr. Ian Malcolm bobblehead on her desk.
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State officials say Mizzou isn't doing enough to ensure students at six charter schools, including two in Kansas City, are getting quality education.
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The state is also trying to figure out how to count attendance for the upcoming school year, when schools could close intermittently to slow new spreading of COVID-19.
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The U-S-D-A approved Missouri’s application for additional federal food aid for low-income children Monday. It’s money meant to pay for meals students...
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For years, the state's tourism industry pushed for a later first day of school. Now schools are asking to start sooner than Aug. 24 in case they have to close for COVID-19 again.
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Mass unemployment and coronavirus-related supply chain disruptions are making it tough for food banks to keep staples like peanut butter and tuna in stock.
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States cut spending on early childhood education during the Great Recession in 2008. A new report warns it could happen again because of the pandemic.
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Kansas and Missouri families whose kids normally eat for free at school are still waiting for the USDA to clear the way for assistance during COVID-19 crisis.
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Missouri schools will not reopen for the remainder of the academic year, Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday afternoon. "I am ordering all Missouri...
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Updated, 4:45 p.m. Thursday – Missouri schools will not reopen for the remainder of the academic year, Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday afternoon. "I...
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Missouri has postponed April municipal elections until June, a decision that could have a long-term impact on metro school districts asking voters to...