The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in Boone, Kenton and Campbell County is $4.33, according to the AAA Gas Price index. Northern Kentuckians are paying more than they ever have for gasoline and diesel. Fuel prices in the region have reached record highs, economically straining the general public in ways that haven’t […]
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Highlands Named Most Challenging High School in Kentucky
Highlands was named “The Most Challenging High School in Kentucky.” To see this list larger, click on the image or scroll to the link at the end of the article. A week after being touted as having the best middle school in the state, Highlands was named by the Washington Post as the most challenging […]
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Highlands Named Most Challenging High School in Kentucky
Click image to see it bigger. Source: Washington Post The Washington Post ranked the most challenging high schools in Kentucky yesterday. From the article: The index score is the number of college-level tests given at a school in the previous calendar year divided by the number of graduates that year. Also noted are the percentage […]
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Fort Thomas Education Focuses on College Readiness
By now you have probably seen recent headlines about NKY schools’ performance on the Kentucky Core Content Tests (remnants of No Child Left Behind). You can visit the link to see all the data for area schools including Highlands. What may not have been as clear in these stories was that Highlands actually regressed according to the scores. […]