Mar 29 Education These Education-Related Bills Failed To Make The Grade This Session For as many education bills that Kentucky lawmakers passed in the 2019 legislative session, many other proposed measures failed. By Liz Schlemmer Mar 29 Education These Education-Related Bills Failed To Make The Grade This Session Liz Schlemmer
Mar 29 Education Here Are The Education-Related Bills Signed Into Ky. Law This Year Several bills grabbed headlines after teachers swarmed the Capitol to protest the measures, and two of those bills failed to move forward following that dissent. By Liz Schlemmer Mar 29 Education Here Are The Education-Related Bills Signed Into Ky. Law This Year Liz Schlemmer
Mar 29 Education Did Teacher Activism Have An Effect In Frankfort? Here’s What Louisville Lawmakers Say We asked some Louisville lawmakers their thoughts on whether teacher activism had any effect on the outcome of education bills this session. By Liz Schlemmer Mar 29 Education Did Teacher Activism Have An Effect In Frankfort? Liz Schlemmer
Mar 28 Education State Senate Confirms School Choice Advocate To Kentucky Board of Education By Slim Margin Gary Houchens has been an open supporter of school choice measures, including charter schools and scholarship tax credits. By Liz Schlemmer Mar 28 Education State Senate Confirms School Choice Advocate To Ky. Board of Ed Liz Schlemmer
Mar 27 Education Ky. Education Department: School Districts Should Revise Policies To Prevent ‘Sickouts’ Commissioner Wayne Lewis said that in the future, districts should allow teachers to use personal days for political advocacy, but not sick leave. By Liz Schlemmer Mar 27 Education Wayne Lewis: Districts Should Revise Policies To Prevent 'Sickouts' Liz Schlemmer
Mar 26 Education New ‘Backpack’ Program Has JCPS Students Show What They Learned — Without A Test As part of a new effort to equip students with the skills they'll need after they graduate, JCPS fifth, eighth and twelfth graders are defending their work. By Liz Schlemmer Mar 26 Education New 'Backpack' Program Has JCPS Students Show What They Learned Liz Schlemmer
Mar 21 Education With Summit, JCPS Aims To Keep Bullying And Suicide Prevention On The Agenda JCPS is trying to keep a dialogue going about mental health in schools, at a time when more youth are taking their own lives in Kentucky and nationally. By Liz Schlemmer Mar 21 Education With Summit, JCPS Aims To Keep Suicide Prevention On The Agenda Liz Schlemmer
Mar 19 Education JCPS Board Asks State To Withdraw Request For ‘Sickout’ Teacher Names The resolution asks Commissioner Wayne Lewis to withdraw his request for the names of school employees who called in sick in recent weeks. By Liz Schlemmer Mar 19 Education JCPS Board Asks State To Withdraw Request For ‘Sickout’ Teacher Names Liz Schlemmer
Mar 19 Education University Of Louisville School Of Music Names New Dean Teresa Reed is currently a professor and associate dean at the University of Tulsa, where she has taught for over 20 years. By Ashlie Stevens Mar 19 Education University Of Louisville School Of Music Names New Dean Ashlie Stevens
Mar 14 Education Kentucky Department Of Education Taking Names Of ‘Sickout’ Teachers State Commissioner of Education Wayne Lewis is asking for the names of teachers who have called in sick to protest education bills at the legislature. By Liz Schlemmer Mar 14 Education Kentucky Department Of Education Taking Names Of 'Sickout' Teachers Liz Schlemmer
Mar 14 Education Teachers Say Distrust Of Lawmakers Is Behind Continued ‘Sickouts’ Teachers say they wanted to keep watch after last year, when the General Assembly passed a last-minute measure affecting teachers’ pensions by putting it in a bill related to sewage. By Liz Schlemmer Mar 14 Education Teachers Say Distrust Of Lawmakers Is Behind Continued ‘Sickouts’ Liz Schlemmer
Mar 14 Education JCPS Cancels School Thursday For Sixth Teacher ‘Sickout’ Jefferson County Public Schools are closed again Thursday, marking the sixth teacher 'sickout' day in the last two weeks. By Staff Mar 14 Education JCPS Cancels School Thursday For Sixth Teacher 'Sickout' Staff
Mar 13 Education Controversial Education Bills Behind Teacher ‘Sickout’ Now Appear Dead JCPS closed Wednesday for the fifth day in the past several weeks, as hundreds of teachers continued to call in sick to head to the Capitol and demonstrate. By Liz Schlemmer Mar 13 Education Controversial Education Bills Behind Teacher 'Sickout' Appear Dead Liz Schlemmer
Mar 13 Education These Families Support JCPS Teachers, But Say Coping During ‘Sickouts’ Is Tough Alisa Muata has grandchildren in JCPS schools. She said when sickouts have closed schools, she’s had to look after her them while her daughter works. By Kyeland Jackson Mar 13 Education These Families Back Teachers, But Say Coping During 'Sickouts' Is Tough Kyeland Jackson