Jul 4 Education Statewide Summer Reading Initiative Targets Rural Kentucky Kids At seven school districts, state education officials are showing up to read to students who attend summer lunch programs. By Liz Schlemmer Jul 4 Education Statewide Summer Reading Initiative Targets Rural Kentucky Kids Liz Schlemmer
Jul 2 Education Bilingual Louisville High School Students Learn To Interpret, Building On Lifelong Skill Many bilingual teens are used interpreting for family. JCPS is working to nurture that skill, by offering them free formal training. By Liz Schlemmer Jul 2 Education Bilingual Louisville High School Students Learn To Interpret Liz Schlemmer
Jul 1 Education JCPS Board of Education Will Fill Vacant Seat, After Gies Resigns The board will get to exercise a new right to select the next person to fill the seat, based on a recent change in state law. By Liz Schlemmer Jul 1 Education JCPS Board of Education Will Fill Vacant Seat, After Gies Resigns Liz Schlemmer
Jun 28 Education Beshear Amps Up Battle With Bevin Over ‘Sickout’ Teachers On Friday, Beshear said Bevin should fire his Labor Secretary for investigating teachers who called in sick to protest at the Capitol. By Liz Schlemmer Jun 28 Education Beshear Amps Up Battle With Bevin Over 'Sickout' Teachers Liz Schlemmer
Jun 25 Education JCPS School Board Considers Options To Raise Taxes The Jefferson County Board of Education is exploring a range of local tax hikes it could levy in the future to give JCPS more money. By Liz Schlemmer Jun 25 Education JCPS School Board Considers Options To Raise Taxes Liz Schlemmer
Jun 25 Education JCPS Stakeholders Say Program To Address Childhood Trauma Got Results The Bounce program is meant to foster resiliency, to help kids “bounce back.” And data from the past several years suggest it's working. By Liz Schlemmer Jun 25 Education JCPS Stakeholders: Program To Address Childhood Trauma Got Results Liz Schlemmer
Jun 20 Education For Refugees, Integrating Into Kentucky’s Education System Can Be A Challenge It's often more difficult than just learning English; refugees have to navigate a complicated system and unfamiliar cultural references. By Jewél Jackson Jun 20 Education For Refugees, Integrating Into Ky.’s Education System Can Be A Challenge Jewél Jackson
Jun 19 Education Ready Or Not, Funded Or Not, The School Safety Law Is Coming to Ky. Schools Before long, all Kentucky schools will be required to have certain safety features. The law received bipartisan support, but no funding yet. By Liz Schlemmer Jun 19 Education Ready Or Not, The School Safety Law Is Coming to Ky. Schools Liz Schlemmer
Jun 17 Education UPDATED: Kentucky Teachers’ Union Resoundingly Endorses Beshear For Governor The Kentucky Educators Association praised Attorney General Beshear for blocking Gov. Bevin's "anti-public education policies" in court. By Liz Schlemmer Jun 17 Education Kentucky Teachers' Union Resoundingly Endorses Beshear Liz Schlemmer
Jun 10 Education Principal Reviews Under Scrutiny As JCPS Set To Make 3 Replacements State education officials conduct leadership reviews of every school that scores in the bottom 5 percent on annual statewide standardized K-PREP tests. By Liz Schlemmer Jun 10 Education Principal Reviews Under Scrutiny As JCPS Set To Make 3 Replacements Liz Schlemmer
Jun 7 Education Real Talk With JCPS Seniors: What They Overcame To Graduate Moore High School Seniors LaShell Carter and Aquan Terrell sat down to have a frank conversation about what they each overcame to graduate. By Liz Schlemmer Jun 7 Education Real Talk With JCPS Seniors: What They Overcame To Graduate Liz Schlemmer
Jun 6 Education JCPS Faces Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Racial Discrimination Six black plaintiffs say the JCPS Operations Division has repeatedly passed up qualified black employees for promotions and failed to respond to complaints of racism in the workplace. By Liz Schlemmer Jun 6 Education JCPS Faces Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Racial Discrimination Liz Schlemmer
Jun 5 Education UPDATED: Ky. Education Commissioner Wants To Link Teacher Pay To Performance Wayne Lewis said that he would like to see Kentucky let districts design their own methods for rewarding effective teachers. By Liz Schlemmer Jun 5 Education Ky. Education Commissioner Wants To Link Teacher Pay To Performance Liz Schlemmer
Jun 4 Education ‘Adulting Classes’ Teach Louisville High School Seniors Useful Skills Fern Creek High School seniors are getting the opportunity to learn skills kids don’t often learn in school – like changing a tire, fixing a plumbing leak and cooking. By Liz Schlemmer Jun 4 Education 'Adulting Classes' Teach High School Seniors Useful Skills Liz Schlemmer