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President of the Kansas City school board and interim superintendent Steve Green went to the city council Neighborhoods Committee Wednesday with a plan for restoring accreditation to the Kansas City district.

New Report Cuts Risk Of NBAF, School Board President Preps Others For Leadership & more: A daily digest of headlines from KCUR.

A daily digest of headlines from KCUR:
State Resumes Advising Kansas City School District, KC Parks Board Warns Of Fallout From Budget Cuts & more top headlines from KCUR.

While Missouri lawmakers consider dissolving, splitting up or changing the governance of Kansas City Public Schools, state education officials have resumed working with the district on regaining accreditation by the current deadline of 2014.  

A daily digest of headlines from KCUR.

• Missouri Lawmakers Look To Streamline School District Takeover
• Health Insurance Exchange On Hold In Missouri
• Council Committee Approves Tax Credits For West Edge
• NBAF Could Create 600 Permanent Jobs
• Kids Push To Make Jumping Jacks Missouri’s Official State Exercise

A delay in the Kansas City schools transfer case, a start to Kansas lawmakers' redistricting effort, a new head coach for the Chiefs & more: A daily digest of headlines from KCUR.

The Chiefs Pick Romeo Crennel As Head Coach

• Liberty Memorial Gets Facelift
• Kansas City Looks At How To Use Closed Schools
• Missouri Lawmakers To Look At Eliminating Income Tax

• Missouri's Health Exchange Tangled In Political Debate

A recent study from University of Missouri-St. Louis may have Kansas City applications as the local school district prepares to lose its  accreditation in January. The survey finds how many students will leave the unaccredited system.

The October-November survey of some 600 St. Louis households finds nearly one-third of public school students would leave that  district if they could transfer to better-performing districts. State law lets them but the law is being contested.