Kentucky News - November 1, 2012

State:

• What business leaders and educators say about the new Common Core State Standards (Business First of Louisville)
• Benefits from Red Bus visit to UK will go to orphan care (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Directory raises privacy concerns for Eastern community (The Eastern Progress)
• Eastern to host NASA downlink, video chat (The Eastern Progress)
• Students to see some benefits from rec fee (The Northerner)
• 60 percent of Indiana schools get A or B grades (The Courier-Journal)
• Education effort seeks outside-the-box solutions (Cincinnati.com)
• McCracken County schools honored for accreditation (The Paducah Sun)
• Transylvania University President Williams becomes Dracula for the night (The Lane Report)
• UK getting community input for campus master plan (The Lane Report)
• Dean: HCC adapting to changing student needs (Courier Press)

National:

• STEM Pathways (Inside Higher Ed)
• DPS helping students see their way to college (The Detroit News)
• Graduation Rates Latest NCLB Waiver Flash Point (Education Week)