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Author:	Greater Louisville Project	Created:	5/13/2009 11:49 AM
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Southwest Louisville Residents Gather to Discuss Education

By Greater Louisville Project on 11/16/2009 8:08 PM

Almost a hundred people attended a community forum on education in Southwest Louisville.

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Encouraging Efforts to Retain and Graduate More Kentucky College Students

By Greater Louisville Project on 11/4/2009 4:26 PM

It’s encouraging that colleges, which have traditionally focused on increasing the number of students enrolled, are placing more emphasis on the number of students that leave their classrooms with degrees in hand.

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A New Vision for the Greater Louisville Region

By Greater Louisville Project on 10/27/2009 1:30 PM

A newly established vision for the 26-county Louisville region will guide development of an economic development strategy for the next decade. Now is the time to get involved in the hard work of figuring out how to build up Louisville’s talent base, grow more 21st Century jobs, and improve the “quality of place” that defines the region.

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The new economic development strategy

By Greater Louisville Project on 10/19/2009 11:03 AM

Ways to broaden the discussion and circle of knowledge.

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Keeping College Graduation Rates a Top Priority

By Greater Louisville Project on 10/14/2009 9:32 AM

The United States now graduates fewer of its college students than most other advanced economies. How can we make higher graduation rates a priority?

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Another Perspective on Recently Released Test Scores

By Greater Louisville Project on 10/7/2009 10:20 AM

Improvement in writing test scores reflect a truism in education: focusing to bring improvment in one area often has the unintended consequence of pusing scores down in another area.

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What do recently released state test scores tell us about student progress?

By Greater Louisville Project on 10/5/2009 8:35 PM

State test scores released recently showed little or no improvement for Jefferson County Public Schools and prompted some to question the push for new teaching approaches and programs underway in the school system.

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New Education Pipeline Pop-Up offers more information and insights

By Greater Louisville Project on 9/23/2009 9:57 PM

The Education Pipeline Pop-Up is an easy-to-use tool that offers additonal data and insights about our children's education. (Click on the Education Pipeline on the home page to access the Pop-Up tool.)

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Increasing our community's capacity for innovation

By Greater Louisville Project on 9/17/2009 8:37 PM

Innovation can be nurtured in a community. IdeaFestival is a fun and exciting way to be part of building a community culture of innovation.

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How does a region foster more innovation?

By Greater Louisville Project on 9/12/2009 10:24 AM

Innovation is a key strategy to growing 21st Century Jobs. IdeaFestival stretches people's horizons and promotes break-through thinking.

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