{Kentucky}...Kentucky is getting a multimillion-dollar grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to change the way math and literacy are taught in K-12. The grants will be used to help the states as they begin to implement the Common Core State Standards. The Kentucky Department of Education says Kentucky, Colorado and Louisiana have received the grants. Kentucky will use its three-year, $8.8 million grant in 12 school districts. They are: Daviess, Fleming, Gallatin, Jessamine, Lee, Owen, Washington, Jefferson, Kenton, Magoffin and Simpson counties, and Jackson Independent.
