Whooping cough confirmed at a second Lexington high school
A case of whooping cough has been confirmed at Frederick Douglass High School, the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department said Friday. It’s the second confirmed case of whooping cough, or pertussis, … Click to Continue »
Watch Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin lecture protesting teachers
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin chides teachers who are protesting him at an event in Ashland. … Click to Continue »
‘Prayer lockers’ in KY school drew complaints. School attorney recommending removal.
A national organization that advocates for the separation of church and state is demanding that Pike Central High School stop allowing students to fill a school locker with prayer requests … Click to Continue »
Highly rated Ky. school wasn’t addressing students’ special needs, investigation found.
Model Laboratory School in Richmond, which received high marks in the state’s new accountability system, has violated state regulations for special needs students on a variety of fronts, a recent … Click to Continue »
‘Lies’ are being spread about Ky’s new 5-star accountability system, Commissioner says.
Lies are being spread about Kentucky’s new 5-star accountability system, Education Commissioner Wayne Lewis said Thursday at the state school board meeting. Results from the new system that includes statewide … Click to Continue »
Beshear pledges to stop Bevin’s ‘war on education’ and appoint new KY school board
Saying “the war on public education will end with the defeat of Matt Bevin on Nov. 5,” Democratic rival Andy Beshear outlined Wednesday an ambitious program for education in the … Click to Continue »
Fayette school district violated state Open Records Act on MLK Academy records, AG says.
Fayette County Public Schools violated Kentucky’s Open Records Act by not providing a hard copy of records that a Lexington attorney requested about numbers of black and disabled students at … Click to Continue »
Highest, lowest performing Kentucky schools
To help determine how many stars a Kentucky school received in the state’s new assessment system, each Kentucky school earned a final score based on students’ test results in reading … Click to Continue »
Kentucky’s new school-rating system recognizes stars, but troubling gaps persist
A quarter of Kentucky’s elementary schools performed exceptionally well in the state’s new assessment system, according to data released Tuesday. Results from middle schools were similar, but fewer high schools … Click to Continue »
How did Squires Elementary in Lexington make big gains on state achievement tests?
It’s a celebration at Squires Elementary School. Principal Sabrina Adkins talks about the work that paid off in better results on the state assessments. The school was one of 20 to get special recognition for its achievements. … Click to Continue…
‘Mixed’ results. See how Fayette schools did under state’s new 5-star rating system.
Three schools in Fayette County Public Schools received the highest possible five stars in Kentucky’s new statewide accountability system, including Rosa Parks Elementary and SCAPA at Bluegrass elementary and middle … Click to Continue »
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