Kentucky News - January 31, 2013

State:

• Students protest sweatshops that produce UK apparel (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Turner elected Board of Regents president (The Eastern Progress)
• Center working on ownership agreement (The Eastern Progress)
• Technology to improve after open forums (The Northerner)
• JCPS gets mixed marks in bid for SACS accreditation renewal (The Courier-Journal)
• Kentucky schools to submit improvement plans for K-PREP (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Keep local foods: UK dining contract must make it a priority (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Brescia enrollment up 18% for spring (Messenger-Inquirer)
• MSU gets funds from settlement (Murray Ledger & Times)
• Turner elected EKU regent chair (The Richmond Register)
• Dunn highlights new Paducah programs (The Paducah Sun)
• WKU students participate in Faculty-Led Study Abroad (SurfKY)
• Mental health needs money but also a greater focus in schools and doctors' offices, experts say (cn2)
• Kentucky needs task force to delve deeper into school safety, panel's chairman says (cn2)

National:

• State Higher Ed. Funding Shows Signs of Improvement (Education Week)
• STEM Interest on Rise Among High Schoolers, Report Finds (Education Week)