Camp Carnegie, the summer program offered by The Carnegie in Covington, produced another talented crop of children this year. The latest group was tasked with creating a show with the theme: Covington 2034. The kids picked a career, walk-in music, created a costume, and then spoke on what their career would be twenty years from […]
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Limited Employment, Low Wages Await Kentucky Grads Who Don’t Go to College
A new study of recent Kentucky high school graduates shows that approximately 60 percent of those who did not attend postsecondary education entered Kentucky’s workforce and earned less than $8,000 in the year following graduation. The “No College = Low Wages” report by Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce Statistics (KCEWS) shows that even three […]
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Limited Employment, Low Wages Await Kentucky Grads Who Don’t Go to College
A new study of recent Kentucky high school graduates shows that approximately 60 percent of those who did not attend postsecondary education entered Kentucky’s workforce and earned less than $8,000 in the year following graduation. The “No College = Low Wages” report by Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce Statistics (KCEWS) shows that even three […]
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Bellevue Superintendent: An Open Letter to Supporters
Quantitative researchers claim that everything can be analyzed and generalized through numeric measures. While I understand this from a mathematical standpoint, I disagree fully with this notion. One of the many beauties of life is that emotion is ever-evolving and elusive. You can’t, and shouldn’t try to, put a number or numeric value on personal […]
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Bellevue Superintendent: An Open Letter to Supporters
Quantitative researchers claim that everything can be analyzed and generalized through numeric measures. While I understand this from a mathematical standpoint, I disagree fully with this notion. One of the many beauties of life is that emotion is ever-evolving and elusive. You can’t, and shouldn’t try to, put a number or numeric value on personal […]
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21 Villa Madonna Students Earn AP Scholar Honor
Twenty-one Villa Madonna Academy students have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program (AP) provides students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the […]
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21 Villa Madonna Students Earn AP Scholar Honor
Twenty-one Villa Madonna Academy students have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program (AP) provides students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the […]
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Kentucky Education Commissioner is National Group’s Policy Leader of the Year
Terry Holliday, Kentucky’s highly-regarded commissioner of education, has been named the 2014 Policy Leader of the Year by the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE). The honor is given annually to a national or state policymaker in recognition of his or her contributions to education. “Commissioner Holliday’s dedication to improving public education and […]
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Kentucky Education Commissioner is National Group’s Policy Leader of the Year
Terry Holliday, Kentucky’s highly-regarded commissioner of education, has been named the 2014 Policy Leader of the Year by the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE). The honor is given annually to a national or state policymaker in recognition of his or her contributions to education. “Commissioner Holliday’s dedication to improving public education and […]
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Help Send the Bellevue High School Band to Disney World
The Bellevue High School Band of Gold has the opportunity to perform on the Downtown Disney stage and spend one week in Orlando. But they need some help. The band is made up of 45 members and according to a fundraising page, the students represent some of the highest achieving and some of the “neediest” […]
