CEHD News

Statistics show that civic engagement in this country is endangered. The CEHD is addressing civic involvement by playing a key role in an initiative to improve civic education in Kentucky. The college was instrumental in organizing the Kentucky Teacher Network for Excellence in Civic Education and Civic Engagement, a network of more than 250 social studies teachers from throughout the state that shares resources and discusses, develops and implements ideas about civic curriculum, instruction and assessment.

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A million-dollar commitment from long-time supporters Lewis S. “Sonny” and Gladys Bass will help launch the Scholar House project, a partnership among Project Women, UofL and the Kentucky Housing Corp., which will help single mothers earn their college degrees. Louisville Scholar House will be a 56-unit development that will provide housing for single mothers trying to earn their college degrees at UofL and other local colleges and universities. The facility will also include an early childhood development program managed by the College of Education and Human Development.

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