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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Schools all over the world have tried different ways to keep kids learning this school year — and then tried again. The experiences show that, in a sense, there were no good options during a global pandemic, only trial and error. -
Charters don’t get as much local revenue as traditional public schools. They also aren’t subject to the same state ratings. -
German students headed back to school after a two-month lockdown. Eight months into the pandemic, thousands of Missouri students are still learning from home. -
In Some Missouri School Districts, Teachers Are Essential Workers — So They Don’t Have To QuarantineEssential workers don't have to quarantine as long as they don't have symptoms. Declaring teachers essential would keep them in classrooms even after having close contact with someone who has COVID-19. -
The Missouri State Board of Education will relax attendance rules next year so school districts still get paid if they opt for hybrid instruction models. -
State officials say Mizzou isn't doing enough to ensure students at six charter schools, including two in Kansas City, are getting quality education. -
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. -
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. -
A small group of high school science teachers is developing curriculum about COVID-19 and teaching it to their students during the pandemic. -
The economic downturn caused by the coronavirus could roll back state investments in pre-K made since the last recession.That’s the dire warning in the… -
UM System President Mun Choi warned faculty and staff on Tuesday that layoffs and furloughs will likely be necessary to offset economic losses from COVID-19. The four campuses could lose as much as $180 million. -
Missouri schools will not reopen for the remainder of the academic year, Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday afternoon."I am ordering all Missouri public…
