Author Archives: Richard Innes

KIPP Charter School principal briefs Kentucky legislators on charter schools

In this video, Tracy McDaniel, the principal of the KIPP Reach College Preparatory School in Oklahoma City briefs legislators on the Interim Joint Education Committee about charter schools and what they can offer. http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14130544&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0 Tracy Mcdaniel, principle of KIPP school in Oklahoma from freedomky on Vimeo.

Gov. Beshear invites Kentuckians to TEK Talk forums

From the Governor’s news release: FRANKFORT, Ky.– In an effort to boost support of public education in the Commonwealth, Governor Steve Beshear and First Lady Jane Beshear will host TEK Talk community forums on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. Kentuckians are invited to gather at 10 locations across the state to discuss Transforming Education in Kentucky…

Kentucky’s 11th Grade ACT testing report contains surprises

Hints at unequal educational opportunities and minority out-migration from Kentucky The new 2010 report on the testing of all Kentucky 11th grade students with the ACT college entrance test has been released. I’ve already posted two blogs on overall score results for all students. Now, I’m going to shift focus to how the minorities performed.…

Kentucky’s 11th Grade ACT test scores are up slightly

A new report from the Kentucky Department of Education lists results for this year’s full testing of all 11th grade students on the ACT college entrance test. I blogged yesterday on how our students performed against the ACT Benchmark Scores that indicate good college preparation. That discussion showed we have a very, very long way…

Kentucky’s 11th Grade ACT test scores are up slightly

But, performance remains very low compared to what we need A new report from the Kentucky Department of Education lists results for this year’s full testing of all 11th grade students on the ACT college entrance test. Scores are up a bit for most of the student groups reported. However, compared to the ACT benchmark…

New Department of Education Strategic Plan pays attention to achievement gaps

New accountability program will include assessment of gap performance The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) made a lot of comments about the state’s endemic achievement gaps during the Kentucky Board of Education’s August meeting and retreat. This discussion started with Associate Commissioner Ken Draut’s presentation during the retreat part of the meeting. Ken provided a…

Kentucky Board of Education 4-5 August meeting webcasts now on line

What is the Prichard Committee fussing about? I finally have a moment to advise you that the webcasts of the Kentucky Board of Education retreat and meetings held on August 4 and 5 are now archived for viewing. You can access the webcasts in either full video or audio only (suggested for slower bandwidth connections)…

Talking charter schools

As we mentioned earlier the Kentucky Legislature’s Interim Joint Committee on Education held hearings on August 9, 2010 on charter schools and what they might bring to the commonwealth. We shot lots of video of the event, as did another blogger, and we will be posting those in the next couple of days. In addition,…

Jefferson County busing plan hits court

(Updated with graph 7 Aug 10) With the count of parents who have joined the lawsuit against the incredibly bad busing plan in Louisville now up to 13, the case is finally in court. Per the Courier-Journal, the court discussion gravitated towards a discussion of the performance of Jefferson County schools and why parents are…

Kevin Brown – What is the Education Political Environment in Kentucky?

Kentucky Department of Education Associate Commissioner and General Counsel Kevin Brown discusses the groups that influence public education in the state with the Kentucky Board of Education on August 4, 2010. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TuU_s9ShW0]