WFPL and others are reporting about a new study from America’s Promise Alliance and several other organizations released Monday on education performance around the country. The study shows that Kentucky and 11 other states contributed significantly to the overall increase in the national average high school graduation rate between 2002 and 2009. WFPL says Kentucky’s…
Most of you are probably wondering, “What in the world is SCAAC?” That’s not surprising. This little-known education committee, composed of volunteers, was officially titled the “School Curriculum, Assessment and Accountability Council” when it was created by legislative act in 1998. Most people just refer to the council by its initials. Pronounced, the abbreviation rhymes…
The Prichard Committee’s Blog weighed in on March 11, 2012 about Kentucky’s nation-leading levels of exclusion of students with learning disabilities in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading assessments. Sadly, Prichard’s blog glossed over the exclusion problem, claiming, “Kentucky’s recent record of relative NAEP success does not, in fact, evaporate when exclusion rates…
On Sunday, March 11, 2012, the Prichard Committee’s Blog weighed in about Kentucky’s nation-leading exclusion of students with learning disabilities in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading assessments. Unfortunately, Prichard’s blog glossed over the exclusion problem, claiming, “Kentucky’s recent record of relative NAEP success does not, in fact, evaporate when exclusion rates are…
It’s a chance for members of the community to get involved with motivating eighth and tenth grade students towards college and careers. Under Operation Preparation, specially trained adults in participating school districts (see map) discuss the following with students: • Career aspirations, required education/training and workforce skills • Whether the student is on target to…
A recent letter to the Herald-Leader in Lexington shows misinformation about charter schools continues in Kentucky. The letter in question was posted by Alan DeYoung. He makes a number of incorrect statements. For example, Mr. DeYoung claims charter schools have been around for 40 years. That is not true. The first charter school operations started…
I’ve now discussed three of the many incomplete or incorrect Kentucky teachers’ union claims about charter schools. The first deals with how the union folks only cite certain findings from a major report while the second deals with the union penchant to try to fool you into thinking charter schools are really private schools. The…
Senate Bill 143 with a Senate Floor Amendment is on its way to the Kentucky House after winning approval in the Senate. This bill will allow parents to enroll their children, preschool through Grade 12, in another school district outside of the one where the family actually resides provided the parents transport the student to…
We’ve heard a lot of criticism of charter schools from teachers’ union folks and their allies recently. Not surprisingly, there is a lot more to the discussion that Kentuckians deserve to hear, but the unions are not saying. In Parts 1, and Part 2 I talked about how teachers’ union spokespeople selectively cite only certain…
We’ve heard a lot of criticism of charter schools from teachers’ union folks and their allies recently. Not surprisingly, there is a lot more to the discussion that Kentuckians deserve to hear, but the unions are not saying. In Part 1, I talked about how teachers’ union spokespeople cite only certain data from a well-known…