Editorials

Pass or Fail.

Those were the only two grades handed out with No Child Left Behind education law.  There wasn’t any recognition for improving test scores one year over the next and every school that failed was lumped together without any differentiation  between schools with a low percentage of students who were failing to those schools where most all were.

In honor of Black History Month, we are dedicating our editorial space on Sundays in February to honor an African-American who made a difference in our society. Join us as we recognize hopes and dreams that everyone should possess, regardless of race.

In recent years, Kentucky has repeatedly ranked high among the states with child abuse deaths. Yet the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services has the least transparency of all the cabinets, operating in its own cloud of secrecy and interrupting the law to fit its needs.

During the last two years several newspapers, including The Courier-Journal, The Lexington Herald-Leader and The Todd County Standard, have filed suits after being denied access to cabinet records relating to deaths or near-deaths of children due to child abuse or neglect.

Our hats are off to the Bardstown Police Department.

By going back through the evidence in a cold case, the department was able to apprehend a suspect in a rape of a 78-year-old woman that occurred 11 years ago.

By this time victim’s family had to assume the case would never be solved. The victim had already passed away and the hopes of ever finding the culprit had more than likely died along with the victim.