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Most people who want to become certified teachers in Kentucky have to complete at least 70 days of full-time student teaching. Student teachers currently do not get paid for that work, which many say is a barrier to entering the profession.
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Makenze Cameron said her husband, Kentucky’s one-term Republican attorney general, talked to the legislature’s GOP leaders before proposing his own plan which calls for a statewide base starting pay rate for new teachers at $41,500. It does not include raises for any current teachers.
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Under the new law, which has been criticized as one of the worst anti-trans bills in the country, this school year is different for public school students across the state who identify as queer or transgender.
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Republican state lawmakers want State Auditor Mike Harmon to conduct an audit of Jefferson County Public Schools, citing issues with transportation, management, safety and low standardized test scores.
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A pair of recently announced grants are going to aid Kentucky Association for Environmental Education programs, including one aimed at increasing climate literacy among the state’s educators so that they can better teach their students.
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Parents weren’t the only ones upset by Jefferson County Public Schools’ disastrous transportation problems this week. Republican state lawmakers want the legislature to step in with new policy changes.
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The academy opened in 2022, to help students who have been in the United States for three years or less, are multilingual, and have had their formal education interrupted.
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Kentucky Education Commissioner Jason Glass says he’d rather leave his job than be charged with implementing new restrictions on transgender students under Senate Bill 150.
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Kentuckians who borrowed money to further their education are feeling more anxiety following last month’s Supreme Court ruling that struck down President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. Opponents say Biden’s plan was unfair and would not have helped the economy, but two Kentucky borrowers say loan forgiveness would be life-changing.
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After months of discussion, a policy committee landed Monday night on two options for the board to choose between: one which begrudgingly complies with the anti-trans law known as Senate Bill 150, and another which would put Kentucky’s largest district in open defiance with state lawmakers in Frankfort.