This week on Eastern Standard:

The “Read to Succeed Act” was intended to raise reading proficiency among Kentucky’s children — which had plunged from 6th in the nation to 29th. We get a report card. Also this week: what drives a symposium on racial violence in Kentucky; a report on protecting the arts when natural disaster strikes; the first installment of a new arts series; and a primer on the Flamenco music heading Lexington’s way.