Kentucky News - October 20, 2011

State:

• Achievement gaps linger in Kentucky schools (Kypost.com)
• WKU opens Nondestructive Analysis Center with ceremony (WKU Herald)
• Eastern to phase out targeted, out-of-state tuition starting in 2012 (The Eastern Progress)
• University offers resources for student success (The Eastern Progress)
• Response team created to fight hate, negative bias (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Schools starting to improve (Daily Independent)
• Schools gauge quarter with new standards (The Paducah Sun)
• Education makes political comeback in Washington (Messenger-Inquirer)
• Holliday's Brazil trip raises concerns (Messenger-Inquirer)
• Bryan Station added to list of low-achieving Kentucky schools (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Five Jefferson County schools among 19 lowest performing in Kentucky (The Courier-Journal)
• Grant aids spinal cord injury program (The Courier-Journal)
• WKU’s NOVA Center microscope one of a kind at U.S. universities (The Daily News)
• LOUISVILLE: New pilot program to enhance quality of education at JCPS (The Lane Report)
• Report reveals that achievement gaps remain severe in Kentucky's educational progress (The Lane Report)
• UK Researchers Develop Lower Cost System to Repair Damaged Concrete Highway Beams (Business Lexington)
• Gateway receives $285K NSF grant to teach advanced manufacturing skills to Grant County students (The Lane Report)
• WKU-Glasgow focuses on retention (Glasgow Daily Times)

National:

• Paul halts panel's action on 'No Child' overhaul (The Washington Post)
• Why Is College So Expensive? (npr.org)
• Texas trails most states, many countries in young adults with degrees (Stateman.com)
• States, Districts Move to Require Virtual Classes (Education Week)
• Study: 56 percent of new students entering Wyo. community colleges aren't prepared for college (The Republic)