Chamber Day videos available on YouTube
The 16th Annual Kentucky Chamber Day dinner, presented by Fidelity Investments, took place Jan. 6, 2011 at the Lexington Center. Kentucky President and CEO Dave Adkisson, legislative leaders…
Education
“Average” grade is not enough
Education Week’s Quality Counts report, released this week, gives Kentucky’s education system an overall grade of C. The score of 75.2 placed the state 34th…
Chamber-supported bills pass Senate Education Committee
Day two of the 2011 legislative session saw the committee passage of two positive education bills. The Senate Education Committee passed out SB12 (Winters), to…
Raise the bar for Kentucky’s kids
Kudos go out to Bob King, president of the Council on Postsecondary Education, for a great editorial, released today by CPE. We all know the…
Leading public officials discuss 2011 political landscape
Despite the inclement weather, the Kentucky Chamber’s 16th Annual Policy Conference, sponsored by Brown-Forman, was a great success with 15 of Kentucky’s leading public officials…
Pre-K: What’s the return on investment?
As our country debates education, economic and job growth initiatives, state and local Chambers of Commerce must play a proactive role. One way we can…
Education study releases interesting new facts on dropout rates
A recent article in Education Week, which can be found here, highlighted a report with some interesting facts. Here are a just a few. Nearly…
Adkisson chairs U.S. Chamber education committee
In his new role as chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Education, Employment and Training Committee (EETC), the Kentucky Chamber’s President and CEO Dave…
HB 176 an appropriate method to help improve schools in need
Dave Adkisson, president and CEO of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, submitted the following letter to the editor to the Courier-Journal on Nov. 11, 2010,…