Kentucky among top 10 in the U.S. for education

Kentucky's ranking in an annual ranking of states on key education indicators rose four places in 2012, making it tenth in the nation for its efforts to improve teaching, raise student achievement, crade-to-career efforts, and other variables related to public education. Each year, Education Week produces a special issue, "Quality Counts." The report tracks key education indicators and grades states on their policy efforts and outcomes. Last year, Kentucky ranked 14th in the nation. In 2010, the state was in 34th place in this annual report. On the release of the report, Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday called Kentucky an "emerging leader in education" in the United States. Read the full story here.

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Kentucky’s ranking in an annual ranking of states on key education indicators rose four places in 2012, making it tenth in the nation for its efforts to improve teaching, raise student achievement, crade-to-career efforts, and other variables related to public education.

Each year, Education Week produces a special issue, “Quality Counts.” The report tracks key education indicators and grades states on their policy efforts and outcomes. Last year, Kentucky ranked 14th in the nation. In 2010, the state was in 34th place in this annual report.

On the release of the report, Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday called Kentucky an “emerging leader in education” in the United States.

Read the full story here.