Kentucky News - March 13, 2012

State:

• College students sacrifice break to help tornado victims (The Courier-Journal)
• Reader Letters | Support 'UPike' (The Courier-Journal)
• A step further (Daily News)
• Operation Preparation events set for this week (Daily News)
• Paul E. Patton | Pikeville University compromise will work (The Courier-Journal)
• Ky. Voices: Casino amendment needed big idea: tuition vouchers (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Dunbar High, Johnson County Middle win state Governor's Cup (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• GED testing will be free through June 30 (Messenger-Inquirer)
• 'Operation Preparation' helping student prepare for their future (The Morehead News)
• KSU installing main guardhouse (The State Journal)
• Tech team works to find perfect fix (The State Journal)
• Students to get college, career preparation advice (KyPost.com)
• Operation Preparation Kicks Off Across Local Schools (WBKO.com)
• First Lady Jane Beshear visits educators, parents during Reading Recovery event (KyFoward)

National:

• Innovation Offices Pop Up in State Education Agencies (Education Week)
• Anti-Transfer Bias (Inside Higher Ed)
• Legislators hit hardest the pocketbooks of state workers, college students (Miami Herald)