Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting (https://kycir.org/category/education/)
Kentucky has made some progress. But advocates say state lawmakers could be doing more to help young people – and that they’ve made matters worse in some cases with laws that could harm young people’s mental health, especially youth from marginalized backgrounds.
JCPS calls external police for a range of issues, but just how often that happens isn’t known. Because the district doesn’t track it.
The shooting happened at a bus stop without adequate lighting. Help us identify other potential problems or what’s working well at your local bus stop.
State data suggest that around 90% of Kentucky students participated in non-traditional instruction. But the definition of participation was loose.
Archdiocese of Louisville and parish school officials denied to KyCIR that they had any knowledge of the accusations against Drew Conliffe. They even denied knowing whether he coached at any parish school.
The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting first reported on J. Campbell “Cam” Cantrill III in 2016, when he took a one-year special assignment that paid more than $137,000. The role of “special assistant to the president” of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System was part of a settlement Cantrill signed after a months-long investigation into his workplace conduct.
The ruling ends a summer of speculation about whether Bassey would be allowed to play for Rick Stansbury’s Hilltoppers. It’s still unknown where he got his diploma.
Prep academies offer what most traditional high schools can’t: athletic scholarships, mid-season transfers and a national playing schedule. The talent they attract brings shoe deals, sponsorships — and controversy.
This report paint a picture of an investigative unit that allows teachers and staff who endanger children to remain in the classroom long after they should have been removed.
The University of Louisville is considering suing its own foundation in the wake of a damaging audit and months of talk about recouping misspent money, according to leaders at the U of L Foundation. Earl Reed III, chairman of a U of L Foundation subcommittee, said in an affidavit provided to the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting that the foundation’s threat of being sued by U of L “is substantial” but could be avoided if the two entities reach agreeable terms.
The foundation created the affidavit in response to an open meetings complaint from KyCIR about two executive session meetings held on Oct. 26. The complaint argued that state law requires a specific and substantial threat of a lawsuit to warrant a secret meeting. Interim U of L Foundation executive director Keith Sherman told KyCIR that the closed sessions were legal and proper because board members were discussing a substantial and specific legal threat from U of L.
The affidavit marks the first confirmation of a specific lawsuit possibility after months of vague discussion about recovering millions lost from the foundation’s endowment.
The University of Louisville Foundation’s board on Thursday approved an agreement with the university meant to keep the foundation free from politics and “disproportionate influence.”
