education

Focus On Business: Jerry Rickett on the "Promise Zone"

By Bryan Bartlett • Nov 17, 2015

President Obama designated Eastern Kentucky as one of the first five rural regions in the country to benefit from the administration’s “Promise Zone” program. Federal agencies partner with local communities and businesses to create jobs, improve educational opportunities, build private investment and improve public safety. All of this is being coordinated by the Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation where Jerry RIckett is president and CEO. He shared details with Tom Martin.

Jack Conway Unveils Education Plan in Louisville

By Ashley Lopez • Sep 8, 2015
Ashley Lopez / wfpl.org

Attorney General and Democratic candidate for governor Jack Conway released his education plan in Louisville Tuesday.

In it, Conway continues his push for more early childhood education programs in the state. His plan aims to expand access to preschoolers in families at 138 percent of the poverty level.

The big question is, though, how the state would pay for that expansion.

Focus On Business: Carla Blanton on the 2015 General Assembly

By Bryan Bartlett • Jan 12, 2015

Education, economic development, and tax policy are among the focus issues of Commerce Lexington’s 2015 local, state and national Public Policy Agenda.  Tom Martin’s conversation with the Chamber’s public policy committee chair Carla Blanton deals with matters before the 2015 session of the Kentucky General Assembly.

Child Health and Education Improve in Kentucky, but Poverty Prevails

By Kentucky News Connection • Jul 22, 2014
Greg Stotelmyer

While a year-by-year indicator of child well-being shows steady improvement in the health and education of children in the Bluegrass State, the number of children living in poverty is continuing to grow.

Focus on Business: Science, Education Research & Innovation

By • Dec 2, 2013

Tom Martin of the Lexington Herald Leader speaks with Kris Kimel, co-founder and president of the Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation, a non-profit that champions science, education, research and innovation in the Commonwealth.