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Tennessee will soon ensure the rights of foster care youth under a measure headed to the governor’s desk.
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Tennessee has one of the largest foster care populations in the country. And a new report from Belmont Innovation Labs has found that those youth are suffering once they age out of the system.
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Families in Jefferson County Public Schools have until the end of Friday to decide which school they want to send their children to next year. But the district says they can’t guarantee transportation to magnet schools due to a bus driver shortage, throwing a wrench in many families’ plans.
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Academy @ Shawnee’s former band director Cyr Wilson has been charged with three counts of rape in the third degree and one count of sex abuse in the first degree.
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Applications are open for Kentucky’s next commissioner of education. The state is seeking to fill the position after the departure of Jason Glass.
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Hanukkah this year came as the world’s eyes were trained on fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. In Louisville, Jewish residents said they couldn’t ignore that context as they marked the holiday.
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The Jefferson County Board of Education appointed former communications executive Gail Strange to represent District 1.
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A law that would have allowed charter schools to get off the ground in Kentucky has been found unconstitutional by a Franklin County Judge.
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Five people have applied to fill the seat vacated by longtime Jefferson County Board of Education member Diane Porter, who resigned in October.
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A former Jefferson County deputy, who was convicted of sexual misconduct involving a 15-year-old girl in 1996, filed a lawsuit recently and wants the judge to allow him to regain his law enforcement certification.
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Families in Louisville Metro Government’s Healthy Start initiative can get groceries delivered to their home for free, thanks to a new pilot program that starts in January.
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The Madison County Board of Education held a public hearing Tuesday night on a proposal to open the state’s first charter school there.