Special to The River City News Written by Matt McCarty of the Kentucky School Board Association Two years ago, the Boone and Kenton County school districts opened a new innovative, collaborative high school – Ignite Institute at Roebling Innovation Center. Ignite Institute offers students from the two districts, along with other students in the area, […]
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Two NKY Students Honored for State Radon Posters
Every year the Kentucky Radon Program hosts a Radon Poster Contest in order to educate on the dangers of the colorless, odorless gas known as Radon and the importance of testing your home. The program is administered by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health & Family Services. In this year’s contest, 9-year old Eli, a student […]
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Bellevue Schools Launch NUE Vue Program
Bellevue Independent Schools announced the launch of a new program, NUE Vue, an acronym for New Urban Education (Bellevue). A new page on the district’s website went live on Friday explaining the concept. The site directs parents and students to explore three choices for curriculum in the next school year: all in-person, all-virtual, and a […]
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NKU Announces Expansion to MPA Program
Northern Kentucky University announced that it will expand its Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree with the addition of a fully online program. NKU’s MPA program is one of the largest in Kentucky. The MPA program is designed to engage students through service-learning projects that directly impact where they live, such as developing emergency management plans for […]
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NKU Leaders Named to National Higher-Ed Leadership Cohort
Northern Kentucky University’s Dr. Gannon Tagher and Dr. Yaw Frimpong-Mansoh have been named to the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) 2021 Emerging Leaders Program. AASCU is a Washington, D.C.-based higher education association of nearly 400 public colleges, universities and systems. Each year AASCU recognizes 35 campus leaders who are “championing student success […]
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Holmes Graduate Back in Covington Classroom as Student-Teacher
From Covington Independent Public Schools. When Alaria Long was in fourth grade at Glenn O. Swing Elementary School in 2009, she sat in the classroom of her favorite teacher, Rachel Jenkins, who taught her reading, writing and math. Alaria is back in Mrs. Jenkins’ classroom learning how to create lesson plans for those subjects as […]
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Cooper High School Teacher Wins Award from IT Association
A Cooper High School teacher was honored by the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT), the INTERalliance of Greater Cincinnati announced Tuesday. Jillian Maher is a board member at the INTERalliance, a student-run non-profit whose mission is to inspire and assist young talent to pursue an informations technology (IT) career in Greater Cincinnati. Maher was […]
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Covington Schools to More Closely Scrutinize Development Incentives
The Covington board of education discussed the setting up of a new committee to review projects seeking approval for a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) incentive, a common practice in local developments in recent years. Most recently, the redevelopment of the former Kenton County government building on Court Street sought and received such an […]
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Gateway, UofL Program Aims to Strengthen Apprenticeship Opportunities in NKY
Gateway Community & Technical College is the sub-recipient of the University of Louisville’s Modern Apprenticeship Pathways to Success Program (MAPS) grant. The UofL MAPS program is funded through the U.S. Department of Labor’s “Apprenticeships: Closing the Skills Gap” initiative and was funded at nearly $4 million. This Department of Labor-sponsored initiative is designed to build […]
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Villa Madonna Launches $5 Million Capital Campaign to Renovate Historic Building
Villa Madonna Academy hopes to raise more than $5 million to renovate its historic Center Building and to create a new science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) wing in its Main Building. The Center was constructed in 1907 and housed boarders until 1979. Today it is home to fourth, fifth, and sixth grades and […]
