Kentucky News - February 29, 2012

State:

• Beshear touts common core standards in education
  • Cincinnati.com
  • Courier-Journal
  • Daily News
  • Eyewitness News 9
  • FOX 17
  • FOX 19
  • Herald Leader
  • I4U News
  • KFVS
  • Messenger-Inquirer
  • WFTV
  • WHIO
  • WJTV
  • WTOV
  • WTVQ
  • WYMT
  • West Kentucky Star
• Beshear heralds acceptance of common core standards in education (WHAS11)
• CCSSO Leader Rallies Higher Education for Common Core (Education Week)
• Ky. educators share concerns about common standards (Smart Brief)
• Ky. governor calls acceptance of common core standards a 'defining step' for education (The Republic)
• Kentucky Core Academic Standards focus of Feb. 29 TweetFEST (Kentucky Teacher)
• Gov. Beshear Will Address Education Conference in Louisville (WFPL)
• College-readiness scores show small increase (Daily News)
• Morehead State president defends school's record (The Courier-Journal)
• Bill would expand Metropolitan College (The Courier-Journal)
• Public schools show improvement in readiness exams (The Courier-Journal)
• Opponents of UPike proposal make their case to lawmakers (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Morehead president speaks against UPike proposal (Daily News)
• NKU makes plea to Frankfort (Cincinnati.com)
• NKU hears neighboring residents' concerns (Cincinnati.com)
• Ky. scores up on two assessment tests (Cincinnati.com)
• Morehead State president blasts UPike proposal (Messenger-Inquirer)
• OCTC spearheading workforce training (Messenger-Inquirer)
• Murray State’s Paducah campus stays on schedule (The Paducah Sun)
• Beshear’s Early Childhood Initiatives May Encourage More Partnerships (WFPL)
• Bellarmine Students Visit Frankfort to Support Financial Aid (Bellarmine University News)
• Morehead president speaks against UPike proposal (WDRB.com)
• Alternative Diploma Bill Passes House Unanimously, Awaits Governor’s Signature (WFPL)
• Ky. student loan debt 'crippling' a generation as tuition goes up, says Rep. Quarles (CNl2)
• U of L's Ramsey says Ky. higher ed pricing many students out; addresses tuition, cuts and his pay raises (CNl2)
• SGA to launch transcript voucher program (WKU Herald)
• Kentucky education commissioner Terry Holiday named to national standards group (Ky Forward)
• HOLLIDAY NAMED TO TEACHER PREPARATION COMMISSION (Kentucky Department of Education)
• 12 Ky. colleges sign partnership agreement (WCHS)

National:

• Kaplan College to close in Pembroke Pines (Sun Sentinel)
• Colleges Misassign Many to Remedial Classes, Studies Find (New York Times)
• Colleges Are Relying More on Tuition and Fees, GAO Says (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Teacher Accrediting Group Vows to Turn Teacher Education 'Upside Down' (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• IL may add fourth yeaer of math to graduate high school (Illinois Statehouse News)
• Romney and Higher Ed (Inside Higher Ed)
• House Votes to Repeal 2 Controversial Education Department Rules (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)