Kentucky

News, analysis, and opinion about K-12 education in Kentucky
Teaching Profession Across the Nation, More Teachers Are Protesting With a Broader Set of Demands
Even when schools remain open, teachers across the country are speaking out for an investment in public education and protesting school-choice measures.
Madeline Will, March 7, 2019
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Teaching Profession The Kentucky 'Pension Flu' Has Hit Teachers Once Again
Several school districts have been forced to close due to a large number of teachers calling out sick in protest of a pension-reform bill.
Madeline Will, February 28, 2019
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States Educational Opportunities and Performance in Kentucky
This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.
January 16, 2019
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Teaching Profession Educators Who Ran for Office Share Their Lessons Learned (Video)
Watch a discussion between three educators who ran for their state legislatures about their experiences on the campaign trail.
Madeline Will, December 4, 2018
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Education Kentucky Schools Chief Urges Teachers to Stop Sending Him 'Hateful' Emails
The statewide email to teachers is just the latest chapter in a rocky relationship between Kentucky officials and teachers.
Madeline Will, November 19, 2018
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2 min read
Teaching Profession Teachers in Kentucky No Longer Have to Earn a Master's Degree
The removal of a requirement that teachers earn a master's degree by their 10th year in the profession has been criticized by educators and the state teachers' union.
Madeline Will, August 22, 2018
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3 min read
Crime scene tape runs outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in the days after the Feb. 14 fatal shooting there.
Crime scene tape runs outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in the days after the Feb. 14 fatal shooting there.
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Federal Plenty on Security, Little on Guns at Federal School-Safety Session in Kentucky
Commission members heard pleas for more school resource officers and counselors, along with more far-afield ideas like age restrictions for cell phones, at a listening session in Kentucky.
Alyson Klein, June 26, 2018
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5 min read
Early Childhood Abuse Allegations Lead Ky. District to Drop Head Start Grant
Jefferson County schools in Kentucky gave up a $15 million grant after 30 years and instead will spend $8 million to start a district-run early-childhood program.
Christina A. Samuels, June 12, 2018
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Teaching Profession Math Teacher Unseats Ky. House Leader Who Spearheaded Pension Changes
In the latest victory for educators, a high school math teacher ousted a Kentucky incumbent who co-authored the controversial pension reform bill.
Madeline Will, May 23, 2018
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From left, Lynette Guck, Allegra Fullerton, and Jeanne Lunn review petitions for a campaign funding disclosure amendment in Scottsdale, Ariz. Many education advocates are supporting that cause, along with efforts to raise taxes for more school funding and to roll back the state’s expanded voucher law.
From left, Lynette Guck, Allegra Fullerton, and Jeanne Lunn review petitions for a campaign funding disclosure amendment in Scottsdale, Ariz. Many education advocates are supporting that cause, along with efforts to raise taxes for more school funding and to roll back the state’s expanded voucher law.
Laura Segall for Education Week
Federal Teacher Activists Take Fight to the Polls
Fresh off a wave of strikes and protests in several states, education activists aim to turn that momentum into electoral victories in this fall's midterm elections.
Daarel Burnette II, May 11, 2018
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Music teacher Noah Karvelis, who helped organize Arizona Educators United, speaks to thousands as they participate in a protest at the Capitol in Phoenix April 26.
Music teacher Noah Karvelis, who helped organize Arizona Educators United, speaks to thousands as they participate in a protest at the Capitol in Phoenix April 26.
Ross D. Franklin/AP
Teaching Profession The Faces of the Teacher Revolt
In states with recent strikes and protests, individual teachers—some of them in their 20's and most of them with little or no organizing experience—have taken charge of the grassroots push for higher pay and more school funding.
Madeline Will, May 9, 2018
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11 min read
Every Student Succeeds Act Betsy DeVos Greenlights ESSA Plans for Alabama, Colorado, and Kentucky
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has now approved ESSA plans from 42 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Big states like California and Florida, however, are still awaiting approval.
Alyson Klein, May 7, 2018
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Education Funding Opinion Want to Support Public Schools? Stop Cutting Taxes
Amid widespread teacher strikes and protests, one Kentucky superintendent makes an appeal for increased investment in education.
Nicholas Brake, April 26, 2018
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5 min read
The iLEAD Academy is located a few doors down from a grocery store in a Carrollton, Ky., shopping center, and in front of the local Walmart.
The iLEAD Academy is located a few doors down from a grocery store in a Carrollton, Ky., shopping center, and in front of the local Walmart.
Pat McDonogh for Education Week
College & Workforce Readiness Photos Using Job Data to Guide Student Career Choices
iLEAD Academy opened three years ago to help prepare Northern Kentucky students for careers in high-paying, high-demand fields.
Education Week Photo Staff, April 25, 2018
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