Northern Kentucky University will participate in two initiatives by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) designed to improve civic engagement and economic literacy among students, and to build campus-community partnerships. Both year-long initiatives involve hundreds of colleges and universities sharing resources across the nation, an announcement said. One program, Re-Imagining Campus–Community Partnerships, […]
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Newport School of Innovation Grows with New Programs
Newport Independent Schools’ mostly online program known as the Newport School of Innovation (NSOI) is growing with new programs to attract students to the district, an announcement said. The school, launched three years ago, began the new school year with 32 students, an increase of ten from last year. The Newport board of education and […]
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State Test Scores Skewed Due to Pandemic, NKY Education Leaders Say
Kentucky released Wednesday morning new data related to state testing in schools, ACT results, and other metrics in what education leaders at the state and local level are cautioning are skewed due to the disruption to academics brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Northern Kentucky school district leaders expressed disappointment in the results while […]
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Covington Schools Sees $800,000 in Savings from Energy Project
Covington Independent Public Schools has saved more than $800,000 in utility costs in the three years since completing an energy savings project, the district announced this week. The Covington board of education tapped Performance Services to renovate building systems, convert its interior and exterior lights to LED high-efficiency lighting, and to install solar panels at […]
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Legislation Would Permanently Fund All-Day Kindergarten in Ky.
New legislation filed ahead of the 2022 Kentucky General Assembly session in January would make state funding available for the entire cost of full-day kindergarten. The bill, co-sponsored by State Rep. Ed Massey (R-Hebron) would make the funds a permanent state expenditure. Massey announced his cosponsorship of the legislation pre-filed by Rep. James Tipton (R-Taylorsville) […]
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Covington Schools Increase Substitute Teacher Pay
The Covington board of education voted unanimously Thursday to increase the daily rate of pay for substitute teachers in the school district. Many districts are struggling to find substitute teachers, so Covington Independent Public Schools will now offer $200 per day, up from the previous daily rate of $135. “Much like many school districts, Covington […]
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Dayton Board of Ed. Chooses New Member; District Incentivizes Staff Vaccinations
The Dayton board of education added a new member this week. The board met Tuesday night to select a replacement for longtime board member Rosann Sharon, who died in July at 68. The board members voted to select Julie Buemi Cline. Cline will attend the October meeting to be sworn in. Cline is a lifelong […]
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Op-Ed: Private School Tax Credit Program at Odds With Kentucky’s Constitution
The following op-ed is written by Anna Baumann, deputy director at the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy The framers of Kentucky’s constitution made crystal clear the state’s responsibility to provide for a system of common, public schools across the commonwealth. And in 1989 the Kentucky Supreme Court affirmed that obligation and said funding inadequacies at […]
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Op-Ed: Why I Voted Against Covington Schools’ Tax Increase
The following op-ed is written by Covington board of education member Tom Haggard. On August 26, with little public fanfare, the Covington Board of Education voted 4-1 to raise taxes for property owners throughout the city. While many governments were choosing to protect our fragile economic recovery and leave tax rates the same or even […]
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After More than Two Years, Newport Schools Finds Its Spanish Teacher
The Newport Independent School District filled a Spanish teacher position that had been open for more than two years. The district announced Monday that it has hired Beatriz Granados Molina to teach grades eight through 12. Granados Molina, a native of Ciudad Real, a small town near Madrid, Spain, previously taught those same grades in […]