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JCPS closures harm Black kids the most (as always)
There’s a budgetary problem in Jefferson County Public Schools that, of course, has a negative impact on minority students. According to Louisville Public Media: At the end of the year, JCPS plans to close King [Elementary] and move its students to Maupin Elementary, three miles south in Parkland. It’s part of a proposal to close and…
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Young actors will take the stage in the Ville
The stage is set for major entertainment locally in 2027. From Louisville Business FIrst: Thousands of theater students from around the country will soon descend upon Louisville. Louisville Tourism announced Wednesday that the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) will relocate the International Thespian Festival to Louisville from Indiana University in Bloomington beginning in 2027. The festival…
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What you don’t know will hurt you
Here’s another MAGA effort to keep Kentuckians uninformed. That should surprise to no one. From the Herald Leader: Kentucky’s public radio and television networks say their future is in doubt after the U.S. House voted Thursday to cut funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides grants to public television and public radio. Kentucky…
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Do Kentucky colleges stand for anything?
From the Herald Leader: Officials with the University of Kentucky and the state’s other public universities have not signed an open letter by the American Association of College and Universities challenging some of President Donald Trump’s administration’s higher education policies. Kentucky institutions of “higher education” have already bowed to the MAGA demands of the sycophantic…
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What’s going on at UofL?
As parents of alumni at the University of Louisville, we tend to be interested in developments at the school. This is the latest: The University of Louisville will pay its new President Gerry Bradley $850,000 annually, according to a copy of his employment contract obtained by The Courier Journal. Bradley agreed to a three-year term, with a…
