Kentucky News - February 22, 2011

• State education task force presents final report (Business First of Louisville)
• Task force recommends 35 changes to Ky. education (Kypost.com)
• Task force urges educaton changes (The Paducah Sun)
• Raising dropout age on list of 35 suggestions (Messenger-Inquirer)
• Report would 'transform' education, but critic says there's nothing new (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Fayette schools try to cut suspension rates for disabled, minorities (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Fixing the leaky education pipeline (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Campbell County Schools pledge to improve college/career readiness (Cincinnati.Com)
• Education task force makes 35 recommendations (The Courier-Journal)
• WKU faces $2.3 million budget deficit (WKU Herald)
• Emslie institutes new faculty, staff travel policy (WKU Herald)
• Trustees, search committee to meet this week (The Kentucky Kernel)
• House poised to block 'gainful'(Inside Higher Ed)
• Blackboard's next phase (Inside Higher Ed)
• $10-million grant program will support state efforts to boost college-completion rates (The Chronicle of Higher Ed.)