Hundreds gather on UK campus for Stop Asian Hate rally
Hundreds of University of Kentucky students, staff and faculty attend a Stop Asian Hate rally on the front lawn of Memorial Hall on the campus in Lexington, Ky., on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. … Click to Continue »
Citing harm to public education, Beshear vetoes controversial school choice, pension bills
Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday vetoed a school choice bill under which private school tuition in Fayette and other larger counties could be paid from newly created education opportunity accounts. … Click to Continue »
These Kentucky colleges and universities are planning for in-person spring graduation
Transylvania University will have in-person graduation ceremonies in May and will return to face-to-face classes in the fall, the university’s president announced Tuesday. Transy’s 2020 graduating class will finally get … Click to Continue »…
‘Powerful reminder of racism.’ Student movement works to relocate KY Confederate statue.
For many Centre College students and faculty, the stone likeness of a Confederate officer has stood far too close for far too long. On a large grassy lawn on the … Click to Continue »
Centre College students work to relocate Confederate statue near campus
A group of Centre College students have joined with The Presbyterian Church of Danville to remove a statue of Conferate Capt. Robert Logan which sits near campus. … Click to Continue »
Fayette grand jury declines felony charges against 3 UK students caught in frat brawl
A Fayette County grand jury declined this week to charge three University of Kentucky fraternity brothers involved in a dispute with a rival fraternity with felony second-degree burglary charges. David … Click to Continue »
KY gets $2.1 billion for reopening schools. Lawmakers, not districts, could manage it.
Kentucky is getting $2.1 billion from the new federal American Rescue Plan to reopen schools shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Department of Education officials said this week. But … Click to Continue »
Kentucky reaches $350,000 settlement with ACT after student information released
The Kentucky Department of Education has reached a settlement with ACT for $350,000 after information about Kentucky students who took the ACT was released in error to postsecondary institutions, officials … Click to Continue »
‘Fight is far from over.’ Fayette board chair, others push back on KY school choice bill
Fayette school board chair Tyler Murphy on Wednesday was among the opponents who pledged to keep fighting against a school choice bill passed by the Republican-led General Assembly as it … Click to Continue »
‘Dismayed.’ School choice bill sent to Kentucky governor despite strong opposition
Acting Fayette Superintendent Marlene Helm on Tuesday issued a strong statement before the House and Senate approved a bill in which private school tuition in Fayette and other counties could … Click to Continue »
‘A step backwards.’ Senate removes teacher and student seats on KY Board of Education.
Despite an outcry from hundreds of students, the full state Senate on Monday removed the non-voting student and teacher seats on the Kentucky Board of Education. House Bill 178, which … Click to Continue »
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