Click here to jump straight down to the ratings. The Kentucky Department of Education released its 2024-2025 Assessment and Accountability results this week, which measures overall academic performance and preparedness at public school districts in the commonwealth. This is the third full year of Kentucky’s new accountability system, which was established in statute in 2020. […]
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Fort Mitchell to sponsor SRO at Blessed Sacrament School
The City of Fort Mitchell is sponsoring a full-time School Resource Officer at Blessed Sacrament School. City council and mayor have said before that while Blessed Sacrament School is private, they feel responsible for student safety. At their Oct.13 meeting, the city council decided that employing an SRO is part of that responsibility. Blessed Sacrament […]
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Family, school partnerships take center stage at Community Conversation
What you need to know A theme quickly took center stage at Thursday’s iteration of the LINK nky Community Conversation series, which focused on solutions for K-12 education. Although the panelists believed there had been progress in the region broadly, they agreed success in school was dependent on how well families and schools could work […]
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NKY education professionals honored at annual conference
Several NKY education professionals and school counselors were honored in Lexington earlier this month at the annual Kentucky School Counselor Association’s fall conference. Focused on the theme of “Stand Up! Speak Up! Show Up!” the conference “helps school counselors access required professional training while honing their skills for an emerging education landscape,” according to a […]
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Local measures balance learning, testing
KSA. ACT. SAT. NEAP. The list of standardized tests students may take through their lives goes on and on. Although they’re often a source of anxiety for students, standardized tests have their benefits. Ideally, they offer a predictable, fair way to measure academic performance, regardless of differences in students’ lives. Yet many districts and even […]
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Initiatives aim to give NKY children a strong start
When Angela Duncan participated in a Covington walking tour designed to help families work with their young children on reading and learning, she loved it so much she contacted the city about having one in her neighborhood. “When COVID happened, we got one of the passports, and we would drive around to the different A […]
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Bridging the gap: how parents, schools in NKY are building community together
April Draine moved to Northern Kentucky with her husband and three kids in April 2022. It was the second big move her kids had been through in a few years, so Draine was dedicated to being a bridge between her kids and their new schools. Right away, Draine felt welcomed into the Ryle community, where […]
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Schools help students by helping families succeed
Schools across Northern Kentucky are listening, building relationships and acknowledging parents’ or guardians’ importance in their strategies to help children succeed. “If we want true partnerships between families and schools, we have to redesign systems that invite families in on their own terms,” said Cheye Calvo, president of EducateNKY. “That means shifting from doing to […]
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Opinion: Rep. Kim Banta’s priorities for 2025 legislative session
LINK nky invited our local legislators to share their priorities for the 2025 legislative session, which began Jan. 7 and concludes March 29. Kim Banta, a Republican from Fort Mitchell, represents House District 63. In the 2025 season I will continue my focus on improving on education for our children. I will support legislation to […]
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Join LINK nky in a Community Conversation about Amendment 2
Much of Northern Kentucky — and people across the state — are talking about Amendment 2, a crucial constitutional amendment that will be on the ballot this fall. The amendment proposes significant changes to how school funding can be used in Kentucky. It’s implications will affect students, educators and communities across the state. LINK nky, […]
