The votes are in, and this week’s LINK nky Educator of the Week is Selena Ballou, a teacher at Beechwood High School. Ballou was nominated by Emma Heidrich and Cody Barnes. Heidrich said she nominated Ballou because “Mrs. Ballou is the perfect example of a kind, funny, and caring teacher. Each day in her classroom, […]
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Meet NKY’s newly elected school board members
Incumbents largely held their ground, joined by a few newcomers in Northern Kentucky’s four competitive school board races on the Nov. 3 ballot, according to election results from the Kentucky Secretary of State. Five new representatives also joined boards of education at Beechwood, Dayton and Erlanger-Elsmere independent school districts in non-competitive races. School board members […]
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Vote for the LINK nky Educator of the Week
The LINK nky Educator of the Week contest recognizes and celebrates the incredible educators who go above and beyond for Northern Kentucky students every day. Each week, we will choose three nominees who have made an impact on their community and who represent a diverse mix of roles, grade levels, subject areas, school types and geographic locations. […]
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Meet NKY schools’ AI integration specialist, the only one in the state
Clint Litzinger’s phone has rarely stopped ringing since beginning his one-of-a-kind role as an artificial intelligence expert for Northern Kentucky public schools. It’s been about 18 months since 23 Northern Kentucky school districts collectively decided to open a role for an AI integration specialist through the Northern Kentucky Cooperation for Educational Services (NKCES). The 23-district […]
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A Federal Tax Credit program is coming to NKY schools. LINK nky breaks it down.
Northern Kentucky’s K-12 public and Catholic schools are starting to enroll in a program to generate more federal revenue from a new income tax credit, though many details about how the program will work remain unclear. Kentucky lawmakers overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto in March, opting into the federal program that matches taxpayers’ contributions to […]
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A Violent New World: ‘Titus Andronicus’ at NKU SOTA
In Northern Kentucky University School of the Arts’ production of “Titus Andronicus,” audiences are immersed in violence from the moment they enter a deliberately awkward performance space. By placing spectators on opposite sides of the action and surrounding them with floor-to-ceiling plastic sheets, director Darnell Pierre Benjamin draws the audience into Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy and […]
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NKY students are ready for life after high school. But where do they go next?
Northern Kentucky education, business and community leaders are working to strengthen the pipeline from high school graduation into the workforce and higher education, despite that being a rather difficult statistic to accurately measure. The “Fall Convening” of the Northern Kentucky Education Council brought together those partners in Boone, Kenton, Campbell, Grant, Gallatin, Owen and Pendleton […]
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The LINK nky Educator of the Week: Robin Jones
The votes are in, and this week’s LINK nky Educator of the Week is Robin Jones, a teacher at Longbranch Elementary School. Jones was nominated by Charlotte Fay because “She was my kindergarten teacher, and now that I am in fifth grade, I still remember how special she made me feel. Mrs. Jones makes sure […]
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NKY middle schools surge ahead as scores decline across Kentucky
Northern Kentucky middle schools’ performance lead over the rest of the commonwealth grew dramatically last year. The region’s 21 middle schools saw average improvement on every report card metric released earlier this month, including gains on reading, math, science, social studies and writing assessment scores, while middle schools across the commonwealth saw average declines. Driven […]
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As NKY elementary school scores fall, English language learners make gains
Progress toward English language proficiency was a bright spot among otherwise declining academic performance at Northern Kentucky elementary schools last year. Though Northern Kentucky continues to outperform the state on math, reading, science, social studies and writing scores, new report card data shows the region’s scores backslid more last year than the rest of the […]
