Kentucky school installs giant indoor slide to change culture
Two elementary schools in Bowling Green installed large indoor slides this school year in an attempt to change the culture in the building. Students climb on the slide, glide down it, and are assigned to groups. … Click to Continue »
Fayette County school buses readied for first day
Fayette County school buses hit the road Monday for a dry run. Over 240 buses were driven on their regular morning and evening routes. 285 buses are used to transport about 20,000 students. School starts Wednesday. … Click to Continue »
Kentucky leads the nation in cancer deaths. This UK doctor pledges to change that.
For more than a decade, Kentucky has led the nation in the rate of people who get cancer and the rate of people who die from it. That’s 26,000 Kentuckians … Click to Continue »
UK wants to fire this professor. A faculty committee just said no.
The University of Kentucky should stop trying to fire one of its journalism professors because there’s not enough evidence of wrongdoing, a UK faculty committee has ruled. Professor Buck Ryan … Click to Continue »
This Kentucky school has canceled its football season. Will the decision be reversed?
Trimble County High School Principal Tracy Poe announced Wednesday that school district officials were canceling the 2018-19 football season “due to low player interest” and turnout at beginning season practices. … Click to Continue »
His video brought in thousands of dollars to make these schools safer. Here’s how.
In February, when the nation was reeling from school shootings in Western Kentucky and Florida, Corbin attorney Shane Romines posted a Facebook video offering to pay for walk-through metal detectors … Click to Continue »
What’s behind Gov. Matt Bevin’s public education power grab? That’s the big question.
What is the difference between Kentucky’s governor and an absolute monarch? Lately, not much. Gov. Matt Bevin has spent his term trying to remake state government in his image. King … Click to Continue »
Teachers’ group opposes Bevin moving certification board, calling it ‘political cronyism’
The president of the Kentucky Education Association said Gov. Matt Bevin is continuing an agenda to undo education reforms in transferring the administrative functions of the teacher certification and preparation … Click to Continue »
Universities use this KY agency to take millions from debtors without a court order
The Kentucky Department of Revenue has collected at least $50 million since 2006 from students who owed money to nearly all of Kentucky’s public universities, and gotten millions more in … Click to Continue »
Bevin appointee Hal Heiner named chair of Kentucky Board of Education
Kentucky Board of Education members on Thursday voted to elect former Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet Secretary Hal Heiner as chairman of the board. Heiner, who Gov. Matt Bevin … Click to Continue »
Potential tax increase recall effort moves ahead while school chief touts accomplishments
This year’s attacks on public education in the political arena and a number of tragic acts of violence on school campuses across the nation have impacted Fayette County Superintendent Manny … Click to Continue »
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