Kentucky News - February 9, 2012

State:

• 5 more reasons not to make UPike a state school (Journal-Times)
• Kernel Editorial: Privatized housing would benefit UK (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Making UK housing a better home away from home (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Senate backs bill allowing school districts to raise dropout age (The Courier-Journal)
• ECTC offers second Super Sunday (The News Enterprise)
• Alternative dropout bill clears state Senate (NECN.com)
• Kentucky Senate focuses on education bills (The Jessamine Journal)
• Brent McKim | The many problems of charter schools (The Courier-Journal)
• Kentucky among states getting U.S. education waiver (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Alternative dropout bill clears state Senate (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Kentucky among states getting US education waiver (Daily News)
• Kentucky will get pass from No-Child Left Behind (Cincinnati.com)
• BREAKING NEWS: Kentucky one of 10 states to get waiver from No Child Left Behind (Messenger-Inquirer)
• KCTCS Day slated for Feb. 23 (Morehead State University)

National:

• Official: 10 states to get education waiver (USA Today)
• Successful retention strategies at Sullivan University (University Business)
• Slideshow: Students Remove Shoes To Fight Higher Education Cuts (University Business)
• College Students Exceed Nonstudents in Alcohol Abuse, Report Says (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Report: AP Courses Not Available for Black Students (Diverse Issues in Higher Ed)