AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoSpelling Bee Spotlight: Scott Remer, the only full-time professional coach for elite spellers, is set to shape this week’s Scripps National Spelling Bee—he’s coached five champions and has 34 students this year, with finalists likely to include multiple Remer-trained kids. Kids’ Health: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital is leaning on specially trained “facility dogs” to help children handle stressful procedures, with research pointing to lower stress and pain after even brief visits. Local Education: Richmond teacher Kate Tran was named a 2026 National STEM Scholar, joining a small cohort of middle-school educators getting advanced training at WKU to build classroom “big idea” projects. Tech & Privacy: The NTSB temporarily suspended public access to its crash docket after AI users recreated cockpit audio from released spectrograms—raising fresh questions about transparency versus privacy. Politics Watch: The week’s biggest political drumbeat continues: Trump’s loyalty tests are reshaping GOP races, with Kentucky’s Thomas Massie defeat still reverberating.
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