education
Kentucky teachers can sign up for Holocaust education workshops offered by UK
Teachers across Kentucky have the opportunity to enhance K-12 Holocaust education through a?University of Kentucky-led training initiative, according to a news release from UK. Educators can?register?for online and in-person Holocaust education workshops, offered from late January through early June of 2023. Funded by a grant from the?Jewish Heritage Fund?(JHF), the UK-JHF Holocaust Education Initiative creates […]
America’s biggest museums fail to return Native American human remains
“This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. As the United States pushed Native Americans from their lands to make way for westward expansion throughout the 1800s, museums and the federal government encouraged […]
UK names Danelle Stevens-Watkins interim dean of the College of Education
University of Kentucky Provost Robert S. DiPaola has named Danelle Stevens-Watkins acting dean of the?College of Education, effective?Jan. 4. She succeeds Julian Vasquez Heilig who became the provost of Western Michigan University. Stevens-Watkins is a professor in the Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology, as well as the university’s associate vice president for research, […]
In his UK lab, senior Lucas Bertucci plots a green revolution, one recycled metal scrap at a time
LEXINGTON — As the global energy and climate crises balloon, one remedy may lie in something as small as a beaker — the place where Lucas Bertucci got his start in sustainability research. The chemical engineering student at the University of Kentucky is the first winner of the Lee T. Todd, Jr. Student Innovation Scholarship, […]
Kentuckian David Sawyer helped found AmeriCorps, is remembered for a life of service
This article is reprinted with permission of The Rural Blog, published by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky. David Sawyer, a Kentucky-grown back-to-the-lander who ran a student-service program at Berea College, helped start AmeriCorps and became an international consultant on the environment, civic engagement and a wide range […]
Kentucky Supreme Court strikes down tax credits to pay private school tuition
The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously struck down a Kentucky law creating a generous tax credit to help families pay for tuition at private schools. The opinion cites a long line of precedent reinforcing the Kentucky Constitution’s ban on the state financially supporting private schools in declaring the Education Opportunity Account Act unconstitutional. The […]
Kentucky near top of increases in college completion rate this year
Kentucky was one of just five states to achieve more than a 1% increase in its college completion rate in 2022, according to a national report. The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center tracks the rate at which students entering colleges and universities have earned a degree or certificate six years later. Nationally, progress stalled in […]
NKU board takes no action on becoming authorizer of pilot charter school
Northern Kentucky University’s Board of Regents took no action Tuesday to become an authorizer of a pilot charter school in Kenton or Campbell counties. The board has until Jan. 1, 2023, to confirm participation, but Tuesday’s meeting was its last of the year. Earlier this year, the Kentucky legislature passed House Bill 9, which created […]
Virginia Marsh Bell, Nikky Finney to receive honorary doctorates from UK
Two women will soon be recognized by the University of Kentucky for their influence on the institution and contributions in their fields. The UK Board of Trustees approved the honorary degrees for Virginia Marsh Bell, known for her approach to dementia care, and celebrated poet and professor Nikky Finney, a university press release said. They […]