Teachers don’t have a constitutional right to take a sick day, says Kentucky education commissioner about sickouts
Kentucky Education Commissioner Wayne Lewis discussed the teacher absences that have caused some districts to cancel classes recently as some teachers protest about education legislation on March 15, 2019. … Click to Continue »
‘Teachers should not be intimidated.’ Could lawsuit follow request for ‘sickout’ records?
A group of lawyers will be meeting soon to discuss filing a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of Kentucky teachers whose attendance records after a “sickout” have been requested … Click to Continue »
Commissioner wants teacher attendance records after ‘sickouts’
The Kentucky Department of Education on Thursday night requested attendance records of teachers in school districts that have had work stoppages during the General Assembly, including Fayette County. Attendance records … Click to Continue »
The robots on the bus … Surplus school bus becomes a mobile science station
Third-graders at Lexington’s Harrison Elementary on Tuesday climbed onto a school bus transformed with robots and digital microscopes, constellation lighting on the ceiling, magnetic dry-erase stations, iPads and Chromebooks, and … Click to Conti…
The robots on the bus … Surplus school bus becomes a mobile science station
Third-graders at Lexington’s Harrison Elementary on Tuesday climbed onto a school bus transformed with robots and digital microscopes, constellation lighting on the ceiling, magnetic dry-erase stations, iPads and Chromebooks, and … Click to Conti…
Lexington Catholic High School names its first woman president
The Lexington Catholic High School Board of Trustees on Monday named its first female president, Sandra R. Young. Young, most recently from Philadelphia, is the sixth president of Lexington Catholic … Click to Continue »
Sponsor says controversial scholarship tax credit bill is unlikely to pass this year
Controversial legislation that would create a scholarship tax credit program for private schools in Kentucky is unlikely to survive in the 2019 General Assembly, its sponsor said Monday. House Majority … Click to Continue »
‘A loss for the state.’ UK to cut Kentucky Archaeological Survey, 12 jobs amid changes
Twelve University of Kentucky employees will lose their jobs— and the state will lose numerous archaeological resources— amid a restructuring of the Department of Anthropology. Under a plan announced by … Click to Continue »
Jefferson County teachers stage sickout Wednesday, close schools. Fayette stays open.
Teacher absences closed Jefferson County Public Schools Wednesday morning in what news reports are describing as a wildcat sickout. Fayette County Public Schools, where a teacher sickout canceled classes last … Click to Continue »
‘We need every dollar that we can get.’ Superintendents oppose scholarship tax credits.
In what is shaping up as the next hot-button issue for Kentucky educators, school superintendents on Monday held news conferences across the state to oppose legislation in the General Assembly … Click to Continue »
Angry teachers crowd Capitol Annex over pension board bill
Kentucky teachers returned to Frankfort to protest House Bill 525, a legislative proposal that would change the makeup of the board that oversees the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System. … Click to Continue »
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