Kentucky News - November 28, 2011

State:

• SSU students work on teaching project (Daily Independent)
• Test scores will look different next year (The State Journal)
• Kids study science the hands-on way (The State Journal)
• Harnessing the power of parents: Struggling schools push for involvement at home (The Courier-Journal)
• Kentucky Education Department to try Race to the Top again (The Courier-Journal)
• Records: Kentucky pays for-profit colleges $97M (The Courier-Journal)
• Grawemeyer taps Finnish composer Esa-Pekka Salonen (The Courier-Journal)
• Teach for America gets mixed grades (The Courier-Journal)
• Recruiters of foreign students draw scrutiny (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Transylvania to move bookstore as part of broader expansion plans (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Q&A with Harvie Wilkinson, new head of UK's MBA program (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Kentucky pays millions in scholarships to for-profit colleges (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• NCLB appeal outlines Kentucky's strategy (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Grant to help schools with disadvantaged students (The Daily News)

National:

• Esa-Pekka Salonen Wins 2012 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• GAO report alleges low standards at for-profits (The Washington Post)
• New Data Could Improve Oversight of Distance-Education Programs, GAO Report Says (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• For-Profit Certification for Teachers Is Booming (The New York Times)