Kentucky News - September 27, 2012

State:

• Kentucky ranks average in education spending (Business First of Louisville)
• WKU Aims to Help Military Vets (WBKO)
• Toyota Gives $115,000 for Education Initiative (WBKO)
• One-on-One: Dr. James Ramsey (The Lane Report)
• Kentucky voices: Everyone has a responsibility to help educate our children (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• U of L's Ramsey visits (Messenger-Inquirer)

National:

• State Scholarship Changes Could Cost Students (Pew States.org)
• Tests for kindergartners on their first days in school: Oregon piloting a system to screen every pupil's readiness (Oregon Lieve)
• Public School Funding Unequal: State and Local School Finance Systems Perpetuate Per-Student Spending Disparities (Huffington Post)
• Foundation Pledges $500-Million for Scholarship Program for African Students (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• In Colleges' Rush to Try MOOC's, Faculty Are Not Always in the Conversation (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)