Two education bills from Scott County Republican Sen. Matt Nunn passed out of a Senate committee Thursday. One aims to address student violence against Kentucky teachers, while the other creates an optional cash-out sick leave policy for school districts. Neither received opposition in the Senate Education Committee and are now headed to the Senate floor […]
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KY Supreme Court unanimously strikes down Republican lawmakers’ 2022 charter school law
Kentucky Supreme Court justices all agreed that the Republican-controlled legislature’s 2022 law allowing charter schools is unconstitutional. In a Thursday opinion written by Justice Michelle Keller, the seven justices ruled that the law did not meet the requirement in the Kentucky Constitution for lawmakers to “provide for an efficient system of common schools” across the state. “With due respect […]
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Villa Madonna Academy senior named National Merit finalist
Drew Thomas, a senior at Villa Madonna Academy in Villa Hills, has been named a finalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program, a prestigious program that will distribute about $33 million in combined value to scholarship winners in 2027. Thomas was named a semifinalist in the fall. The program fields about 1.3 million entrants a year. From […]
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NKU receives $1M gift for study abroad programs, scholarships
Northern Kentucky University’s Haile College of Business announced Wednesday it had received a $1 million endowment from longtime Economics Department Chair and Professor Gary E. Clayton and his wife, Jonna R. Clayton, to support study abroad programs and provide scholarships for economics students. “NKU is deeply grateful to Gary and Jonna for their remarkable generosity […]
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KY House passes education bills. School officials support one. A union opposes the other.
The Kentucky House passed a pair of Republican education bills Tuesday that would impose a new accountability and assessment system for public school students and allow state colleges and universities to fire faculty for financial reasons. One has the backing of the Kentucky Department of Education, while the other is opposed by university union workers. […]
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The LINK nky Educator of the Week: Megan Brown
The votes are in, and this week’s LINK nky Educator of the Week is Megan Brown of Turkeyfoot Middle School. Brown is an English Language Development teacher who was nominated by her husband, Robert Brown, because of “the work she puts in to ensuring that the benefits of her program expand beyond the classroom.” “Mrs. […]
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How much does it cost to educate NKY’s kids?
April Draine moved to Northern Kentucky with her husband and kids in 2022. It was a seller’s market, and they only had a few days to find a home in a community they liked with schools they thought would be a good fit for their children. Draine’s family relied on their realtor’s advice on the […]
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EducateNKY celebrates $150k grant, Read Ready integration
EducateNKY announced a series of milestones strengthening the Read Ready Network, a regional early-learning initiative designed to ensure more Northern Kentucky children enter kindergarten ready to succeed. The Read Ready Network announced the integration of Read Ready Covington, the launch of the network’s first corporate sponsorship with C-Forward, and a $150,000 grant from the Carol […]
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Tuition waiver for older Kentuckians appears safe but maybe with a new requirement
A Republican lawmaker is no longer trying to end the tuition waiver for Kentuckians who are 65 and older but is pushing instead for a new requirement that at least one Democrat thinks is unnecessary. Rep. Lisa Willner, D-Louisville, has filed a floor amendment that would leave the tuition waiver for senior citizens unchanged and […]
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Cause of Latonia Elementary collapse still unknown: What’s next?
It’s been over a month since Latonia Elementary’s gym underwent a partial collapse. The cause of the collapse and the exact timeline on when repairs might occur is still unknown, Advantage Structural Engineers principal engineer Casey Hitter told the Board of Education Thursday night, but the process of determining what to do next is moving […]