What really comes across is his earnestness. He often refers to his children, and sometimes he sounds like his whole audience is children, without talking down to us.
Berea College was the first racially integrated, coeducational college in the South, serving equal numbers of black and white students until the Kentucky legislature forced school segregation in 1904.
The rich cultural heritage of Calloway County’s African American communities gets scant attention from the community at large, so a booklet like the one marking the 50th reunion of Douglass High School is precious.
While the transplant policy is well-intentioned, the fact is the governing board creating and directing the policy is dominated by officials from large urban, coastal areas. The resulting policy benefits those areas.
Kentuckians have a softer spot for teachers than unions, and Beshear is signaling that his likely uphill road to re-election runs straight through our public schools.
