EKB News

On Monday, Governor Steve Beshear announced an initiative to re-energize education in Kentucky. Implementing a Transforming Education in Kentucky Task Force, he began ten stops in the state to get ideas on how to better students for the future, preparing them for the 21st. century. Beshear visited Pikeville Tuesday (today) and spoke before an eager crowd of parents, educators and local and state officials. Several interested educational instructors and others were given an opportunity to respond and question the purpose and plans for the project, while showing their support for the idea and making suggestions for educating the children of tomorrow. Beshear says it is time to educate students and get them ready to compete in the future with the changing economic and job related issues. He says education must be a priority now in order to get an edge on the generation to come. The goal of the task force is to complete an assessment on educational needs by the end of 2010, allowing those assessments to be considered during the legislative session in 2011.