Beshear’s concerns about UK are valid – accountability starts at the top
But big money appears to be the thing driving the train.
Education
Beshear again criticizes U of Kentucky hiring decisions, says ‘real oversight’ is needed
Focused on dean of law school, Barnhart’s new role
Lawmakers pass Kentucky State University makeover after some changes are made to bill
Good example of collaboration and listening
Gex Williams tries to sneak in anti-LGBTQ amendment against teachers
Files a last-minute floor amendment to a bill breezing through
House Bill 1 is the tepid water, public education is the frog
But watch out – that water can get to boiling really quick
Kentucky students and teachers deserve real support, not more political witch hunts
And yet, the GOP in Frankfort keeps coming after teachers
Gov. Beshear promotes Pre-K for All at NKY Chamber program — and educators back him up
Governor Andy Beshear visited the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce to advocate for Pre-K for All, explaining that the goal of the Team Kentucky Pre-K for All Program is for all 4-year-olds in Kentucky to have access to publicly funded preschool. Northern Kentucky native Sam Flynn serves as program Executive
Kentucky Citizens for Democracy opposes HB 829 as a state mandate for released-time religious instruction
Do you want “The Gospel Project” teaching your children?
HB 500 is a death blow to public school employees already in the line of fire
Frankfort’s animosity towards the commonwealth’s teachers is obvious, and it is appalling.
Analyzing the health care cut for state and school employees in the proposed state budget
KyPolicy has done a deep dive, and the results are disturbing.
KY Supreme Court unanimously strikes down Republican lawmakers’ 2022 charter school law
Says that the law fails numerous constitutional tests
Committee passes uniform way for Kentucky universities to fire professors for financial reasons
Opponent: “This bill creates a ready-made pretext for arbitrarily removing faculty.”
Kentucky students’ lawsuit over public education quality can proceed, judge rules
Says they have standing to sue, but that this is still “the beginning and not the end of the constitutional issues”
Repubs attack tenure – again
House bill allows firing tenured professors for “financial reasons”
