Kentucky News - December 5, 2012

State:

• New program hopes to help students close to graduation (WKU Herald)
• Dunn is finalist for Florida Education Commissioner (Murray Ledger & Times)
• Dunn among 3 finalists for Florida position (The Paducah Sun)
• Army unit shows UK med students life-saving battlefield techniques (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Kids who've struggled find their place at The Learning Center at Linlee (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• E-schools: Innovative niche or educational bust? (Cincinnati.com)
• School field trips turn to virtual, digital technology (Cincinnati.com)
• UK Launches New Supercomputer, Network (Business Lexington)
• WKU Opens Student Business Accelerator (Business Lexington)
• Right to tweet could get students $5,000 scholarship (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Furry friends to help students relieve stress (The Kentucky Kernel)
• U of L establishes renewable energy prize (The Louisville Cardinal)
• Dunn finalist in commissioner search (The News.org)
• WKU educators honored by national association (SurfKY)
• Board of Education to meet, discuss test results (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Education department spokeswoman retiring (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Stivers to Stumbo: Pensions and Medicaid, not UPike and special districts, should be top priorities (CNl2)

National:

• Rethinking Grants and Loans (Inside Higher Ed)
• More Cracks in the Credit Hour (Inside Higher Ed)
• Who Deserves Affordable Care? (Inside Higher Ed)
• Head of ed defers using STAAR in students' grades (Houston Chronicle)
• AFT Calls for Teacher 'Bar Exam'; National Board to Oversee (Education Week)
• Colleges agree to recruit KIPP alumni (The Washington Post)