25% jump is just the start! Just for N. KY, it’s not $8 million, not $32 million, but an astonishing $163 million more! Tea Party gets separate organization status in hearing Explosive information has been surfacing over the past week about a huge requested hike in water prices in Northern Kentucky. Even worse, we now…
Why aren’t you showing up for school meetings? Despite all the hype about how great KERA is, one major problem very obviously continues – Kentucky parents are not coming to important school events that concern the education of the children. I know it’s a problem. The Courier-Journal says it’s happening in Bullitt County. And, it…
Says we need to focus on kids, not adult excuses Kentucky Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday recently discussed the state’s performance on closing achievement gaps in a rather clear and unequivocal way. Says the commissioner: “My biggest concern is that we tend to focus on the adults rather than the children. When looking at implementing…
WYMT-TV reports that parents of students at the Perry County Central High School are upset that their children are being required to take the ACT college entrance test again. As we previously noted there appear to have been irregularities in the way the high school administered the ACT in 2009 and 2010 and the PLAN…
Education Week reports that a new federal study on character education in schools shows these programs don’t really work. Per Ed Week, “In the end, researchers found no evidence that the programs, taken individually or together, improved students’ behavior, academic performance or gains, or their perceptions of the school climate. And the results were no…
The Ashland Independent gets it about the need for postsecondary education in the current economic climate. Their editorial on the subject is a good read. I would only add one comment. Towards the end of its editorial, the newspaper says, “Maybe some of those attending Friday’s session are not college material. Maybe they want to…
Establishment Debate: Rules of Civic Engagement Check this out. Patrick Henry is going too debate Thomas Jefferson on early issues of Separation of Church and State! It’s a re-enactment coming November 7, 2010 to the Cincinnati area, and it might be just the ticket for fun, and maybe education, for some of our readers. Bill…
A Courier-Journal article about the school busing mess in Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) proclaims, “JCPS bus ride times drop for second straight year, district says.” The article amplifies, “The average ride time this school year has actually been reduced to just over 29 minutes each way.” Really? A graphic accompanies the Courier’s article. I…
We have spotted an anonymous comment that may not have properly posted to our October 15, 2010 article, “Contentious water rate hike brings out angry residents in Northern Kentucky.” At this point, we are uncertain if the poster was somehow able to delete the post or if Blogger malfunctioned. If you are having technical problems…
A new report from McKinsey & Co. is going to generate discussion along with lots of fussing from the US teachers corps and those who train teachers. An Education Week article summarizes some of the McKinsey findings: • Singapore, Finland and South Korea draw 100 percent of their teachers from the top 1/3 of the…