Kentucky News - September 26, 2012

State:

• Louisville making progress toward education goals; wages grow slowly (Business First of Louisville)
• U of L graduate entrepreneurship program ranked No. 20 in U.S. (Business First of Louisville)
• Governor's good news tour (Bowling Green Daily News)
• Beshear celebrates Gatton Academy ranking (Bowling Green Daily News)
• BGTC provost: School programs designed to fill industries’ needs (Bowling Green Daily News)
• New test scores set for October release (Bowling Green Daily News)
• Louisville's young adults are better educated, but wage growth in area trails others (The Courier-Journal)
• Cuts imperil research schools (The Courier-Journal)
• Toyota donates $115,000 toward early learning at 10 Kentucky schools (The Courier-Journal)
• Governor, officials celebrate Gatton Academy, America’s best high school (The Lane Report)
• Future healthcare professionals to learn how cultural views can shape practice at UofL (The Lane Report)
• Toyota awards $115,000 grant to launch early childhood education programs in 10 Ky. communities (The Lane Report)
• UofL business school to honor Jane Goldstein (The Lane Report)
• Murray professors to present research on marriage penalty tax (The Lane Report)
• Bornlearning Academies will be in 10 elementary schools across state (Glasgow Daily Times)
• Education leaders say the best way to improve schools is to let leaders innovate (cnl2 Pure Politics)
• Toyota kicks in money to bring preschool lessons into homes (cnl2 Pure Politics)
• Is a public university's first goal to help its graduates land jobs? Not necessarily, UK president says (cnl2 Pure Politics)
• Man honors parents with scholarships (Glasgow Daily Times)
• UofL president speaks on economy, education (Kentucky New Era)
• 'Adults and Veterans Back to School' events announced (Morehead State University News)
• Program aiding high schoolers gets $2.6 million in grant funding (The Paducah Sun)
• Bornlearning Academy to start at Berea Elementary (The Richmond Register)
• Bowen pushes through to UPike (Daily Independent)
• Crabbe part of Bornlearning Academy (Daily Independent)
• U of L faculty and staff gather at open forum to voice concerns (The Louisville Cardinal)

National:

• Marketing to the MOOC Masses (Inside Higher Ed)
• Large Graduation Gap Persists Between Football Players and Male Students (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• 'We Take Your Class' Goes Offline (Inside Higher Ed)
• Funding Drop for Black Colleges (Inside Higher Ed)