Governor Andy Beshear is reportedly on a shortlist of potential picks to join the presidential ticket with Vice President Kamala Harris following President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race Sunday. That leaves Kentucky asking – what happens if he is chosen, and then, what happens if the Democratic ticket wins? If selected as […]
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Funding for SROs beefed up as school ‘guardians’ law takes effect
As a new school safety law that will allow armed military veterans and former police to patrol schools took effect last week, state officials touted funding for sworn law enforcement on school campuses. State education finance official Matt Ross reminded superintendents in a July 9 webcast about new state funding available to offset the salary […]
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NKU president testifies on DEI as issue resurfaces in Frankfort
Northern Kentucky University president Dr. Cady Short-Thompson told a Republican-led state legislative committee investigating DEI in postsecondary education that the university’s regional accreditation is tied to “expectations” of diversity, equity and inclusion. Accreditation indicates that a college or university meets specific education standards and is usually necessary to compete for federal funding. Regional and national […]
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Out of school time in NKY: what it means, why it’s important
Camp Covington is a summer camp offered by Covington Independent Schools in cooperation with Covington Partners. It gives students a chance to keep learning when school’s out. What’s more, it’s offered free of charge to Covington Independent public school students thanks largely to federal grants through the 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative and private […]
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Kentucky Teacher of the Year speaks out against school choice amendment
This story was initially published with incorrect data regarding Calvary Christian School’s student body size; it has been updated to reflect the correct data. 2024 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Kevin Dailey doesn’t think school choice is the real issue behind Amendment 2, a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot this fall to allow state […]
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Housing gap in Northern Kentucky: Boone County faces largest shortage
A new study shows Northern Kentucky made up about 12% of the state’s housing gap in early 2024, putting the tip of the state’s “golden triangle” near the top of a list of ten Kentucky counties with the greatest housing needs. The housing supply gap analysis study, released this spring, shows Boone County with the […]
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Proposed school choice amendment battleground comes to NKY
The battle lines on public funding for private education are officially drawn in Northern Kentucky, where forces rallied against a proposed school choice amendment in Newport on Thursday. A Protect Our Schools KY rally at Newport High School brought together dozens of public school stakeholders who oppose amending the state constitution to allow lawmakers to […]
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Kentucky has a ‘moonshot’ for improved school accountability. Just don’t expect changes right away
Kentucky education officials are working on a reimagined school accountability system to ensure every public school student in the state is learning what they need to learn. But it will take some time to launch it — potential approval of the new (or maybe just improved) system is still about two years away. Kentucky Department […]
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You asked about this year’s school choice amendment. Here’s what we learned
Northern Kentuckian Cathy Volter supports Kentucky’s public school system. She made that clear last week on LINK nky’s Facebook page when LINK asked readers to comment on whether or not Kentucky needs the school choice amendment that will be on the ballot this fall. Amendment 2 is the ballot measure. If approved by voters, it […]
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Making learning personal: NKY schools, state innovating student success
Public school students in Northern Kentucky and statewide take an annual state test before school ends in the summer. The test is given to students in grades three through eight and to high school students in grades 10 and 11 as one way — but not the only way – to measure how well students […]