The Kentucky Supreme Court dealt a blow to the school choice movement in the Commonwealth by ruling against the state’s Education Opportunity Account Program that would provide dollar-for-dollar tax credits to private school tuition. Before…
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Legislation Would Prevent Kentucky Schools From Allowing The Opposite Sex Into Gender Segregated Facilities
While common sense and decency should foster a cultural consensus on the propriety of sex-segregated facilities like bathrooms and locker rooms, proponents of transgender ideology insist that everyone should have a right to utilize facilities…
University of Louisville Professor Claimed Republicans are Trying to “Pimp” God
University of Louisville professor Ricky Jones, who teaches in the Department of Pan-African Studies, recently wrote two opinion editorials in the local newspaper, the Louisville Courier-Journal. In the May 29 editorial entitled, “Support for Donald…
High School Journalists Claim Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Prevented Them from Covering an Event
High school student journalists in Kentucky went to cover a roundtable discussion event between Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin and Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, but were prevented from covering it by Department of Education staff.
Lotus Position Learning
A school district in Kentucky is making yoga part of its core curriculum.
University of Kentucky to Give Context for Controversial Historical Mural
From Campus Reform: The University of Kentucky has reversed its decision to shroud a historic mural depicting scenes of African Americans and Native Americans that some students found “unsettling.” President Eli Capilouto announced via blog…
GOP, Democrats Face Off Over Governor’s Board of Trustees Shakeup at Louisville
Shaking things up at Louisville has angered state Democrats.
Kentucky Governor is Trying to Appoint More Minorities on Louisville’s Board
Campus Reform has a good summary on the issue: Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin is requesting a Franklin Circuit Court judge to declare null and void two appointments that former Governor Steve Beshear made to the…
Louisville Bars Asian and White Candidates from Applying for Physics Position
The job posting has been removed since the outcry, but really, University of Louisville? “The post … on HigherEdJobs mostly resembled a typical ad, encouraging applicants ‘with a Ph.D. in physics or a related area,…
Kentucky College Historians Upset about a Jefferson Davis Statue
Campus Reform reported: College and university historians in Kentucky say that a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the state’s Capitol rotunda promotes “miseducation,” even after the addition of a plaque explaining the statue’s…