Kentucky News - August 26, 2011

State:

• The beginning of a new era for Kentucky public schools (Kentucky Chamber of Commerce)
• Opinion: Beginning a new era for Kentucky public schools (Central Kentucky News)
• Ivy Tech's fall semester enrollment tops 113,000 across Indiana (The Courier-Journal)
• More Hispanics enroll in college (The Courier-Journal)
• Ky. judge pushes for neighborhood schools (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• CUBS focuses on MSU's YNL program major (Murray Ledger & Times)
• MSU police offer campus safety tips (Murray Ledger & Times)
• Kentucky Space to launch a near space balloon Saturday in Lexington (The Lane Report)
• Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College receives award to educate adult learners; partnership between KYAE, KCTCS and KWIB (SKCTC)
• Grant Awarded to MSU to Meet Legislative Action (West Kentucky Star)
• JCPS Schools Get $1.57 Million Grant to Help Disadvantaged Students (WFPL News)
• First lady Beshear visits Providence School in Wilmore (Central Kentucky News)
• Davis Marksbury Building receives LEED Gold award (The Kentucky Kernel)

National:

• A+ College Ready program has more than doubled pass rate for Alabama students in advanced placement classes (The Birmingham News)