Kentucky News - February 7, 2011

• Bob King | Improving college readiness (The Courier-Journal)
• Reader Letter | Career colleges and proprietary schools (The Courier-Journal)
• U of L gets $9.56 million federal grant to lead cardiovascular research network (Business First of Louisville)
• Council on Postsecondary Education approves 'Stronger by Degrees, A Strategic Agenda for Kentucky Postsecondary and Adult Education' (CPE)
• Program helps students achieve major milestone (The Kentucky Kernel)
• WKU's Provide-A-Ride growing too large for current provider (WKU Herald)
• Gates Foundations makes gift to Ky. education (Daily News)
• CU students honored for most students at preacher festival (Central Kentucky News Journal)
• $9 million U.S. grant to support cardiovascular network headed by U of L (The Courier-Journal)
• Spalding breaks ground for new student housing (The Courier-Journal)
• For-profit colleges see high loan defaults (The Courier-Journal)
• University of Kentucky's president will inherit major building needs (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Kentucky schools to get $1 million from Gates Foundation (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• No backsliding on Fayette education goals (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Ky. Voices: A child is more than the sum of his test scores (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Superintendents given glowing grades while school districts fail (The Paducah Sun)