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Low-income no excuse for JCPS, says academic panel

February 9, 2011 – 12:40 pm

In the midst of a robust debate about the future of Jefferson County Public Schools, the leader of a non-partisan education advocacy group says Louisville’s public education system cannot blame extreme poverty and racial diversity for its failing schools. In an editorial published by Insider Louisville, Cindy Heine, interim director of the Prichard Committee for [...]

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Sen. Paul named to Senate Education Committee

February 2, 2011 – 12:19 pm

Education Week reports that Sen. Rand Paul (who didn’t want to be vested with senatorial rule-making power, who wants to eliminate the Department of Education and who generally abhors the idea of workplace safety regulations strangling the neck of the free market) has been put in charge of the senate’s Education committee, which also oversees workplace [...]

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Berman is out

November 22, 2010 – 9:45 pm

After an almost three hour closed door meeting, the Jefferson County Board of Education voted 5-2 to replace Superintendent Dr. Sheldon Berman. The board called the special meeting to evaluate Berman’s job performance and to decide whether or not to renew his contract, which expires at the end of June 2011. Those voting against renewing [...]

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Teachers endorse Fischer

September 29, 2010 – 11:52 am

With the November election less than five weeks away, Louisville’s teachers have endorsed Democratic mayoral candidate Greg Fischer, citing his vision to help improve public education. The Jefferson County Teachers Association, which represents 6,000 teachers, librarians, speech clinicians, physical therapists and occupational therapists, said the Louisville businessman has the insight to move the city forward. [...]

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Kentucky 40th in child well-being

July 27, 2010 – 3:57 pm

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released their 2010 Kids Count Data Book, and — wouldn’t you know it — our fair Commonwealth is a pretty terrible place to be if you’re a child, a single parent or (in some cases) both. Here’s this, from a press release by Kentucky Youth Advocates: The Data Book [...]

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Allen unveils education plan

March 11, 2010 – 6:10 pm

Democratic mayoral candidate Tyler Allen unveiled his education plan Thursday, which the campaign says will improve the city’s workforce. Similar to Metro Councilman David Tandy D-4, who unveiled his education plan earlier this week, Allen wants to put an emphasis on education as an economic engine that will make the city more competitive. “Being known [...]

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Tandy waves education flag

March 9, 2010 – 1:55 pm

Democratic mayoral candidate and Metro Councilman David Tandy, D-4, unveiled his education plan yesterday at the Newburg Community Center, the west Louisville Democrat says will provide the necessary tools for every child to learn in a safe and supportive environment. “I envision a Louisville where the community works together to ensure that primary school students [...]

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Obama: “We’re going to show… how cool science can be.”

November 24, 2009 – 3:06 pm

Your Nerd-in-Chief, Barack Obama, has pledged an end to the medieval approach our nation has taken with regard to science, technology, education, math and anything else that doesn’t involve Jesus. For example, the White House is partnering with the Discovery Channel to indoctrinate our youth on the finer points of geology and particle physics. Here [...]

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JCPS Gets Stimulated

November 23, 2009 – 4:36 pm

Courtesy of that whole Federal stimulus package that smart people say wasn’t enough to begin with, $52.5 million dollars will be funneled into seven Jefferson County schools for maintenance, new additions and other renovations that would’ve taken years under the trickle-down, starve-the-beast domestic spending policy we’ve come to know and love. Here’s a list of the [...]

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Moroccan Teachers to invade Kentucky

November 13, 2009 – 2:27 pm

From November 22nd through the 25th, a delegation of Moroccan educators will undertake a tour of the Commonwealth, starting here in Louisville, then on to Frankfort, Newport and ultimately Hodgenville, site of Abraham Lincoln’s virgin birth. Under the auspices of an “international civic education collaboration,” delegates from the African nation will be meet with lawmakers, [...]

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