Kentucky News - October 3, 2011

State:

• Big challenges to meet Ky. education goals (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• UK trustees dismayed at condition of buildings, cost of construction (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• New sculpture outside UK Chandler Hospital is symbolic of hope for healing (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Big question surfaces at University of Kentucky Board of Trustees' annual retreat (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• JCPS in danger of becoming revolving door of persistently low-achieving schools (The Courier-Journal)
• False-enrollment checks continue at Oldham County schools (The Courier-Journal)
• Gail Minger speaks out about MSU fire charges (Murray Ledger & Times)
• Six county schools, Berea and Model meet NCLB goals (The Richmond Register)
• Kentucky schools improving too slowly, according to final "transition index" results (The Lane Report)
• Big East presidents approve expansion (Busines First of Louisville)
• Regents study planned DUC renovations (The Daily News)
• Questions remain over OCTC Advanced Tech Center (Messenger-Inquirer)

National:

• Project Will Pay for 8 States to Test and Improve Gauges of Student Learning (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• New Teacher-Grant Program Could Herald Federal Shift (Education Week)
• New Path for Teacher Ed Reform (Inside Higher Ed)
• $3.4M federal grant to help low-income Hawaii students prepare for postsecondary education (The Republic)
• Graduate Enrollment Declines in Part Because of Caution About the Economy (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Education Dept.'s Reform Plan for Teacher Training Gets Mixed Reviews (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• A State Grooms Its Best Students to Be Good Teachers (The New York Times)