We see a lot of claims from certain Kentucky organizations that Kentucky has seen one of the largest cuts in education funding since 2008. However, according to the latest available audited data from the Kentucky Department of Education, claims of cuts, even in the state’s contribution to overall funding, simply are not true. We accessed…
Well, what do you know? The Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) just released results of a parent survey and, would you believe it, according to this article from Insider Louisville, parents are saying exactly the sorts of things we’ve been talking about at the Bluegrass Institute for some time. Per the article, parents want: More…
We got some interesting attention from a real source of expertise on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) – none other than the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) itself! In case you missed our 5-part blog series on how Florida and Kentucky compare on the NAEP Grade 4 reading assessments over time, here are…
Over the past week, I’ve been dealing with the question of “How do Florida and Kentucky compare on the NAEP over the years?” The first four parts of this “Matching Kentucky education against a state with massive school choice options” blog series dealt with those states’ performance on National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Grade…
This is is the final blog with academic data in our series comparing performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) for school choice rich Florida and other states including school choice poor Kentucky. There will be one more blog with some nonacademic information of interest. We are looking at the NAEP results for…
This is the third blog in our series comparing performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) for school choice rich Florida and other states including school choice poor Kentucky. We are looking at the NAEP results for Grade 4 reading from the early days of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 and…
As I wrote in the first blog in this series, Florida, quite unlike Kentucky, has a very large number of school choice options. So, after I posted a blog on January 24, 2019 noting how dramatically well Florida performed on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in 2017, I wondered, “How do Florida and…
Florida, quite unlike Kentucky, has a very large number of school choice options. So, after I posted a blog on January 24, 2019 noting how dramatically well Florida performed on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in 2017, I wondered, “How do Florida and Kentucky compare on the NAEP over the years?” I decided…
I wrote two days ago about how black students in Atlanta’s charter schools are notably outperforming their counterparts in that city’s traditional public schools (TPS). Today, we look at another city where charters shine, and this one is going to be a surprise to many because it is located in a state that has not…
“The popularity of Florida’s varied school choice programs, such as open enrollment systems, private-school scholarships, and education savings account, and the state’s successes on the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress (including its students from low-income households) testify to choice’s political and educational viability, said Tori Bell, a policy analyst at the Foundation for…