Why not? Kentucky Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday just issued a short article discussing his interest in using telecommuting for workers at his department. This can be a good idea to keep good people on staff who otherwise might leave. It certainly can reduce commuting costs for participants. Of course, there needs to be good…
Here’s some food for thought.
Perhaps the best source of credible, “apples to apples” state education funding data is the US Census Bureau’s annual report called Public Education Finances. “Public Education Finances: 2010” just came out, and I’ve been looking over Table 12. This table ranks the states on a number of educational revenue and spending items for the 2009-2010…
Perhaps the best source of credible, “apples to apples” state funding data is the US Census Bureau’s annual report called Public Education Finances. “Public Education Finances: 2010” was just released, and Table 11 in the report shows that Kentucky’s total current spending on education moved up to 38th place in 2010. We were in 39th…
Add WLKY in Louisville to the list of television stations that picked up the story about the white versus black achievement gaps in Louisville that we discuss in our new paper, “Blacks Falling Through Gaps.”
Pay attention near the end of this 3-minute newscast item to comments from the Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS). JCPS claims they already knew about the data. Really? Clearly, major news teams in Louisville did not know. Who was keeping the secret? Furthermore, if JCPS knew, what actions have they taken in schools like Noe…
WFPL in Louisville picked up the story today about the white versus black achievement gaps in Louisville that we discuss in our new paper, “Blacks Falling Through Gaps.”
So says a front page, top of the fold article that ran in the Kentucky Enquirer’s print edition today. The article talks about how Kentucky and Ohio compare to the rest of the nation, all of which report around 38 to 40 percent of the incoming college class need remediation in at least one college…
While the overall state report for Kentucky’s High School Class of 2012 on the ACT college entrance test won’t be released until August, individual students and schools have already been sharing the good news about outstanding, top 36-point score performance. Kentucky’s trend in this rarified atmosphere at the top of the academic heap already looks…
Greater transparency and accountability may have exposed padded student counts Kentucky Department of Education briefers unsuccessfully tried to tap dance today around a firestorm that has blown up over the next school year’s funding for preschools. Their two-step involved one of the most confusing presentations I have ever heard in a state legislative meeting (for…