教育学院于1954年正式成立，是一个单独的学术部门，是堪萨斯城大学自1940年以来就参与专业教育的结果。艺术丰富，大多数班级在夏季和晚上进行。1952年建立了基础教育的本科专业，堪萨斯大学第一个城市博士学位课程是博士学位。于1954年在学校的组织下正式成立。自1954年以来，该学校已发展为包括19个课程的三个学科部门，提供文学学士，艺术硕士，教育专家，教育博士学位和医生<哲学学位课程。与生物科学学院，音乐学院和艺术与科学学院合作提供了多个学位和认证课程。教育学院的任务是招募，准备和支持优秀的教师，心理健康
The mission of the School of Education is to recruit, prepare, and support outstanding teachers, mental health professionals, and educational leaders who will create lifelong opportunities for the diverse communities they serve through excellence in teaching, research, and practice. This mission is centered on six key values which embody the knowledge, skills and dispositions expected of our candidates across the School of Education. The goals defined by individual programs are more specific subsets of these broader values: Academic excellence Strategic innovation Inquiry leading to reflective decision-making and problem-solving Skilled and knowledgeable professionals working collaboratively Democracy, diversity, and social justice Creating caring and safe environments.<br><br>The School of Education, organized officially as a separate academic division in 1954, was the result of the University of Kansas City's involvement in professional education since 1940. At that early date the University was offering an M.A. in education, heavily liberal-arts laden, with most classes conducted in the summer and evenings. An undergraduate major in elementary education was established in 1952, and the first University of Kansas City doctoral program, the Ph.D. in education, was inaugurated with the organizing of the school in 1954. Since 1954, the school has grown to include three disciplinary divisions with moe than 20 programs, offering bachelor of arts, master of arts, graduate certificates, educational specialist, doctor of philosophy, doctor of education and interdisciplinary degree programs. Several degree and certification programs are offered in cooperation with the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, the UMKC Conservatory, and the College of Arts and Sciences.