Here is a neat video about a North Carolina charter high school that recently sent 100 percent of its first graduating class on to college. This isn’t a private school. It isn’t in an exclusive area, either. The school is in a high poverty area and has many minority kids. Kentucky needs this sort of…
Wouldn’t you want a leader like this running your child’s school? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640 Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy This is the excitement in KIPP charter schools. We need schools like this in Kentucky – but we first need a law that allows charter schools in this state.
The Kentucky Board of Education just made a key decision — adopting regulation changes for the interim assessment process that will be used while the state rebuilds from our now discarded CATS program. As part of that interim change, the board made an especially important and commendable decision. Kentucky will move as quickly as possible…
– How about MSNBC!!! No Virginia, the excitement about high performing charter schools isn’t just in the minds of the Bluegrass Institute. Check out this video report from MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640 Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy It sure is a shame our kids can’t enjoy this kind of education…
Educators who want to be principals in the top performing Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) charter schools don’t just walk in the door and get hired. In fact, if they don’t already have lots of experience, they first go through a special training program as Miles Family Fellows. Then, the Miles Family Fellows grads and…
Here are the math proficiency rates for fourth and eighth grade students in Jefferson County Public Schools from the new 2009 NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment report. (Find these rates for students who scored “At or above Proficient” in Tables A-9 and A-10 in the report) As you can see, in 2009 the NAEP said…
There is no question – math has historically been the weakest academic area in Kentucky’s public school system. Thus, the Kentucky Legislature’s Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee (EAARS) directed the Kentucky Office of Education Accountability (OEA) to perform a very extensive study of the situation. The report has been presented to the EAARS for…
Here are the math proficiency rates for grade 4 and grade 8 students in Jefferson County Public Schools from the new 2009 NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment report. (Find these rates in Tables A-9 and A-10 in the report) As you can see, in 2009 the NAEP said that only around one in three fourth…
New National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results from the 2009 Trial Urban District Assessment in Mathematics are out. For the first time, the Jefferson County Public School System in Louisville participated in this special administration of the NAEP. Unfortunately, while Louisville had strong demographic advantages compared to other participating school systems, its math performance…
The Montgomery County High School has a parents versus teachers tiff going over some books that were included in a reading list for a kids in a college track English course. The parents are upset about the suitability of the language and subject matter in the books, which set off this latest round in the…