Kentucky News - November 21, 2011

State:

• Grant will help prepare disadvantaged JCPS students for college (The Courier-Journal)
• Morehead's early college program thrives (The Courier-Journal)
• Include rural schools in fixing federal education law (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Faculty trustee's legal battles involving University of Kentucky raise questions (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Poet Nikky Finney hopes prestigious award illuminates arts' role in Kentucky (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• MSU's WEEP sponsors 11 graduating girls in Sudan (Murray Ledger & Times)
• Local high schools visit Early College Program (The Morehead News)
• Gateway Community and Technical College board elects new officers (The Lane Report)
• Thomas More College completes 90 days of service with more than 6,000 volunteer hours and 90 Thanksgiving meals (The Lane Report)
• Bowling Green businessman establishes education fund for Kentucky Post-9/11 vets (The Lane Report)

National:

• Faculty Trustee at U. of Kentucky Has Had Legal Battles Involving the University (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• New Data Could Improve Oversight of Distance-Education Programs, GAO Report Says (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Achievement gap exists for kids even before kindergarten (Minnesota Public Radio News)
• State now can track kids from kindergarten to college (Seattle Times Newspaper)
• Student Achievement, Observations Correlated in Chicago Pilot (Education Week)
• Higher Ed Research Roundup (Inside Higher Ed)
• Slow Progress on Public Reporting of Colleges' Learning Outcomes (Inside Higher Ed)
• Learning to Play the Game to Get Into College (The New York Times)