Kentucky News - August 31, 2011

State:

• O'Donoghue appointed to CPE position by Beshear (Murray Ledger & Times)
• National journalists' group calls UK action against Kernel 'reprehensible' (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Kentucky basketball bans student reporter (The Paducah Sun)
• Charter schools helping ‘Big Easy’ make big gains (The Paducah Sun)
• School includes Paducah site in fund requests (The Paducah Sun)
• Denial of Kernel reporter’s interview access gains national coverage; mixed reactions from fans, journalists (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Opinions still differ on GenEd changes (The Northerner)
• EHS starts class with focus on future (The News Enterprise)
• Laurel students met state ACT goals (Sentinel-Echo.com)

National:

• Michigan students pay only half of tuition costs, study says (The Detroit News)
• Many Students Not Ready for College (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register)
• Grand Rapids schools and GRCC partner to get dropouts back in the classroom (Grand Rapids News)
• Sprint Sues Blackboard Over Its iPhone and iPad Applications (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Bachelor's for Autistic Students (Inside Higher Ed)
• Colleges taking on city’s other dropout rate (Boston.com)
• Colorado task force tackles reform of remediation education (Denver Post.com)