In its zeal to portray Kentucky’s public education system in the best possible light, the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence has issued a 2012 update to its on-going “Top 20 by 2020” reports. But, Prichard still doesn’t get this right. Prichard simply ignores advice, readily available in all federal National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)…
The Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions and the Black Alliance for Educational Options will host a joint press conference today to address the failing education cycle for black and low-income students. Presenters from BIPPS include our president, Jim Waters, and the BIPPS staff education analyst, Richard Innes. Waters and Innes will be joined by…
Despite the American Legislative Exchange Council passing the Bluegrass Institute-sponsored Intrastate Coal and Use Act, there are still some who believe the current administration’s stubborn quest to rid Kentucky coal of its economic vitality is a war in rhetoric only. Even some from great free market organizations like the Cato Institute – headquartered in Washington,…
(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) – A new report by the Bluegrass Institute, Kentucky’s free market think tank, reveals that the commonwealth’s largest school district continues to fail its black students. An update to the institute’s “Blacks Falling Through Gaps” report from the Summer of 2012 shows dramatic proficiency rate gaps between black and white students continue to…