WAVE 3 Online reports “Parents say new student assignment plan leaves them nowhere to go.” A 90 minute bus ride for a five-year old that also requires this young student to negotiate three bus transfers is just one horror story example. If a parent did that on his or her own to a five year…
The highly regarded founder of the Core Knowledge Foundation, educator E. D. Hirsch, Jr., says he just got a copy of the draft of the new language arts education standards that Kentucky and 48 other states agreed to adopt. The Core Knowledge Blog quotes Hirsch as saying, “At first glance, these language standards are, despite…
I wrote a few days ago about a new federal report that examines White to Black achievement gaps on the federal National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). That blog and the referenced report show White to Black achievement gaps in Kentucky have grown since KERA began. Now, I have taken the data in the report…
– But doesn’t deserve special praise for saying it will do so A recent report from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) says, “The University of Louisville in Kentucky is a very competitive public research university” (Page 18). That’s because U of L attracts high caliber students who should enjoy significant success in college. But, lots…
Over the past week and a half I posted several items about special education in Kentucky, including: “Special education: for boys only?” and “Special education in Kentucky – Who pays?” Now, let’s look at how the money doesn’t always go where it is needed. The graph below was presented to the Kentucky legislature’s Interim Joint…
Strive Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky just blogged on jobs research from the University of Cincinnati. The blog covers the region that includes Northern Kentucky. The research looked at the level of education required to get various kinds of jobs versus the percentage of the population that has the required education. Here is how that Strive analysis looks:…
The Kentucky Department of Education announces that, “Terry Holliday, superintendent of the Iredell-Statesville school district in Statesville, North Carolina, has been selected as Kentucky’s fifth commissioner of education.” Holliday brings some impressive accomplishments to the job. Under his tenure, his district won the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. These awards recognize companies, organizations, businesses…
New Mexico isn’t a haven for good public education. Recently, an Education Week study gave the state one of the lowest grades for its public school students’ chance for success. But, New Mexico legislators know it, and they are not sitting on their heels. Now, the New Mexico Independent outlines what that state’s legislators are…
Here’s a thoughtful editorial from Investors Business Daily that needs a real conversation in Kentucky.
I posted several blog items on a new federal report here and here that examine the achievement gaps between Blacks and Whites in Kentucky and other states. The federal report shows that those gaps in Kentucky remain a significant problem almost two decades after the passage of KERA. In fact, the eighth grade math Black/White…