has agreed on a cap- of 5% for a tuition increase for the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville. A 4% increase for regional schools, and 3% for the community colleges.

on the local school district budgeting for 54 teacher layoffs.

on regionalism talk in the area creeping into the debate.

on schools in the Valley area preparing for the worst-case budget scenario.

out with a report looking at some schools in the Massachusetts and how they lowered the dropout rate.

Most of the schools looked at used data to find who is most likely to drop out. They all used attendance data to find who is most likely to drop out.

Some schools created freshman academics and some of the schools created special advisory programs for select students.

a report on music involvement and academic achievement. Gains in academic achievement occured with music involvement.