Kentucky News - September 21, 2011

State:

• Big thinkers unite in Louisville for IdeaFestival (Courier-Journal)
• Editorial | A feast of ideas (Courier-Journal)
• IdeaFestival | N.Y. artist Shih Chieh Huang is living in worlds of his own (Courier-Journal)
• IdeaFestival | Psychologist Daniel Simons takes a look at our minds (Courier-Journal)
• IdeaFestival | Weighing the Internet's pros and cons (Courier-Journal)
• IdeaFestival | 'The Hills' is a remix of 'Sound of Music' (Courier-Journal)
• IdeaFestival | Sheril Kirshenbaum wrote the book on science of kissing (Courier-Journal)
• IdeaFestival | Scharpf's simple way to empower women (Courier-Journal)
• Kentucky News Review: IdeaFestival kicks off in Louisville (Herald-Leader)
• 2011 Idea Festival To Begin In Louisville (WFPL)
• IdeaFestival Speaker Charles Birnbaum and ‘Cultural Landscapes’ (WFPL)
• Taste of Innovation - The Food and Social Happening of IdeaFestival® (Louisville.com)
• IdeaHub set to launch Sept. 21 (Business First)
• Innovation, Imagination Tops At IdeaFestival (WLKY)
• Mayor moves office to IdeaFestival (The Lexington Herald-Leader)
• U of L, UK collaborate to research fuel alternative (The Louisville Cardinal)
• GenEd program does not meet standards (The Northerner)
• Seven low-scoring Jefferson County schools to receive $4.7 million (The Courier-Journal)
• Dale Moss | University of Louisville nursing professor seeks to help caregivers (The Courier-Journal)
• Talent Search programs funded by USDE (Morehead State University News)
• New UK president listens as he plans (The Paducah Sun)
• Kenton County Schools get $600K to help math, literacy departments (Kentucky Post)
• Kentucky Department of Education reinvests in NKU mathematics partnership project (The Lane Report)

National:

• Ga. wants to make high school more like college (Houston Chronicle)
• Early Achievers Losing Ground, Study Finds (Education Week)
• Universities Seeking Out Students of Means (The New York Times)