Liz Schlemmer
Education and Learning ReporterLiz Schlemmer comes to Louisville from North Carolina Public Radio, where she reported on statewide education policy. She also previously reported at St. Louis Public Radio. Her education stories on topics including school vouchers, Native American language classes in public schools, and a medical school program for rural students have aired on NPR and Here & Now. Liz has a master's degree from the UNC Chapel Hill School of Media & Journalism and a bachelor's degree from Indiana University. She is originally from Indiana, where she still has a large extended family of educators.
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A group of JCPS students at Marion C. Moore High School is advocating for statewide standards that cover the history of minority groups. -
Voters in the southwest side of Louisville have elected Joe Marshall to retain his seat on the Jefferson County Board of Education. Marshall prevailed… -
The percentage of Kentucky students who met national benchmarks dropped by two percentage points compared to the previous year. -
As state funding for public schools in Kentucky has failed to keep up with inflation, local taxpayers are increasingly paying more of the costs — and that's leading to greater inequity. -
School superintendents across Kentucky joined together Tuesday to ask the legislature for more overall education funding and support for teachers. -
While many states are still struggling to fully restore funding for public universities and community colleges since 2008, Kentucky is falling even… -
Eight out of 10 regions of Ky. had a critical shortage of special ed teachers last year. -
As society becomes more welcoming of many gender identities, more kids are coming out as trans or non-binary at a young age. -
College graduation rates are rising in Kentucky despite declining enrollment at institutions of higher education. That means more students who start… -
There are seven candidates competing for a single seat on the Jefferson County Public Schools’ Board of Education.
