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7:46 am
Thu August 23, 2012

ACT Scores Improve, But Many Ky. Students Not Ready for College

LEXINGTON, Ky. - ACT college entrance exam scores among Kentucky’s high school juniors and seniors are up from last year, but thousands of students are not meeting standards for college readiness. 

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8:58 pm
Wed August 15, 2012

On First Day of School, New Teachers Get Nervous Too

Amanda Klamo is one of ten new teachers at Harrison Elementary. - photos by Brenna Angel

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Even educators can get back-to-school jitters. There are 27 teachers at Harrison Elementary School in Lexington, and this year ten of them are new.

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Local/Regional News
4:51 pm
Fri July 27, 2012

New High School Expected in FCPS Facilities Plan

Wellington Elementary is the newest FCPS school. Its construction was outlined in the district facility plan passed in 2009. The local planning committee is expected to include a new high school in the next plan. - photo courtesy GBBN Architects

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Preparations for land purchases, construction, and school renovations will be drafted over the coming months as Fayette County Public Schools develops a new four-year district facilities plan.

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3:09 pm
Mon July 23, 2012

State Encouraging Minorities to Apply for School Superintendent Training Program

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Across the Commonwealth of Kentucky, there’s currently only one minority working as superintendent of a public school district. To change that, a state program is aimed at training more people of color to be potential district leaders.

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6:44 am
Thu July 19, 2012

Ky. Student Performance 5th in Harvard Report

FRANKFORT, Ky. - The improvement of Kentucky students in assessments of reading, math and science in the past 20 years has placed the state in a tie for fifth place in a report from Harvard University.

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