A handful of states are gradually adopting licensing tests that measure aspiring elementary teachers’ ability to master aspects of what’s arguably their most important task: teaching students to read.
In the most recent example of what appears to be…
Frankfort, Ky.
A bill to protect students from bullying by their classmates died Tuesday in the House Education Committee because some lawmakers worried it would give “special rights” to gay students.
The proposal by Rep. Mary Lou Marzian, a Louisvi…
Frankfort, Ky.
A bill to protect students from bullying by their classmates died Tuesday in the House Education Committee because some lawmakers worried it would give “special rights” to gay students.
The proposal by Rep. Mary Lou Marzian, a Louisvi…
David Cook’s job is to look for new ideas in education—and to nurture them.
Mr. Cook directs Kentucky’s Division of Innovation and Partner Engagement, one of a number of new offices within state departments of education designed to spawn innovatio…
Three-day forum showcases strategy used in Kentucky
Louisville, Ky.
If college and university faculties do not embrace the common-core standards as solid indicators of college readiness, what do the standards mean?
That was one of the big questions …
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Educators on both sides weighed in this week on the debate over allowing charter schools in Kentucky.
Speaking before the House Education Committee at the Capitol on Tuesday, leaders of charter schools around the nation told …
The Kentucky Department of Education proposed last week that the state create a foundation specifically to fund innovative public school projects to help students achieve.
The department floated the proposal at a two-day meeting of the state board o…
By Jim Warren, Lexington Herald-Leader , Ky. (MCT)
More than 500,000 Kentucky public school students will take the state’s new K-Prep test for the first time this spring, and educators are concerned that the results could leave many families confused…
Published Online: January 27, 2012
Published in Print: February 1, 2012, as Obama Rolls Out New Higher Education Initiatives
President Barack Obama hits hard on college costs and calls for mandatory school attendance to age 18 in his State of the U…
Continue Reading →Lawmakers applaud during the State of the State speech by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal in the state capitol in Atlanta.
—Jason Getz/Atlanta Journal & Constitution/AP
Here are summaries of recent annual addresses by governors around the country.
CO…