The News Archive

A former student reflects on how AP Literature teacher Mrs. Ayres transformed their view of reading, sparked confidence, and became a lifelong source of support through both academic and personal challenges.

Aly honors her AP Literature teacher, Mrs. Kirwan, whose wisdom, warmth, and whimsical approach—like assigning students tree identities—left a lasting imprint not only on her academics, but on how she experiences life itself.

Centre College’s Grissom Scholars reflect on life as first-generation students and honor the teachers who believed in them, challenged them, and helped shape their journeys toward success.

In a heartfelt tribute for Teacher Appreciation Week, writer Rainesford Stauffer reflects on how a teacher—despite deep ideological differences—inspired her to discover her voice, pursue literature, and embrace curiosity with conviction.

Mary Supeños, a Rwandan refugee and Fern Creek High senior, shares her journey through multiple countries and the challenges of being an immigrant student in the U.S.

Kentucky has been called out by the federal government for our widening racial gaps in student performance.

I don’t know what it’s like to be comfortable. I have never felt comfortable, never felt like I belonged. Never felt like I had a home. And that’s a really hard feeling to have. To acknowledge.

My school has begun the process of implementing standards-based grading, a strategy that seems to undermine the humane approach to my learning my teacher embodied that has worked so well for me.

The idea was that students can go back and fully relearn and reassess the material, even if they fail a test or get a high B.

Another group has also recently become hyper criminalized, their everyday behavior now framed as a threat to public safety. That group is students, specifically those in inner-city public schools.

We Kentuckians are proud of our high standards. We are proud of the Common Core.

After the election, my school was filled with confusion, uncertainty and even fear. I was shocked and still trying to wrap my brain around the outcome of the election, but for some students at my school the election could possibly alter the course of their lives.

There is a saying in the world of disability advocacy. The saying is, “all means all”.I like the idea behind “all means all” because I definitely don’t like the reality of life as I often experience it.