In a post-election interview covered by the Northern Kentucky Tribune, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin specifically said he will work to reject the Common Core State Standards in Kentucky’s public schools. These highly controversial standards currently comprise the state’s reading, writing and math standards. With the new Republican majorities in the Kentucky House and Senate, Governor…
New MIT study says: The replication schools also provided superior performance. One of the major contentions of charter school critics is that these schools of choice cannot be scaled up or replicated on a larger scale to include more students. Well, new MIT research on the top-performing charter schools in Boston now undermines those notions.…
An interesting Op-Ed, authored by a Jefferson County woman named Gay Adelmann, showed up in the Courier-Journal a few days ago. Ostensibly, the article pushes Adelmann’s favored school board candidates. But, her convoluted arguments betray a considerable amount of confusion regarding which entities really control education in the commonwealth. Bluegrass Institute Scholar Gary Houchens has…
I am not the only one who is raising concerns about the education quality behind the increases in high school graduation rates being reported across the nation. Bellwether Education Partners clearly share my concerns, as this article, “What Good Are Higher Graduation Rates If Students Aren’t Learning More?” clearly states. Check my multi-part blog series,…
Does it work? We hear an awful lot about the great value of pre-school to better prepare students for their K to 12 academic experience. But, I keep wondering, does it really work? For sure, many studies of the Head Start program have raised questions about that program’s lasting impact. Those studies indicate any initial…
New results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) science assessment for 2015 have finally been released. Even the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) admits the results overall look “flat.”
Our blacks certainly are not seeing it It seems like every time we turn around, someone from Kentucky’s education complex is telling us “We’ve made a lot of progress here in Kentucky” in education. Well, I am sorry, but that just isn’t what I see in the data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress…
Hot: Update #1 It appears the Collaborative has heard from us. They already posted a correction for their error about the PARCC test being used in Kentucky. So far, however, they are mum about the other concerns I raise in this blog. This is a very strange situation! (Begin my original blog) My recent blog,…
This school choice round table meets tomorrow, Tuesday October 25, 2016 at 3 pm at: Midwest Church of Christ 2115 Garland Avenue Louisville, KY Panelists Include: Lt. Governor Jenean Hampton Pastor Jerry Stephenson, Pastor Midwest Church of Christ Heather Huddleston, Executive Director of School Choice Scholarships Robert Blair, Former Headmaster at KCD and founder of…
As Kentucky and other states continue using the Common Core State Standards for K to 12 education, it has never been more important to have accurate trend information from valid and reliable assessments to evaluate whether these controversial standards are really working for our kids. But, almost all testing trend lines of use in Kentucky…