Here is a discussion about some common myths about charter schools. This comes from people involved with these innovative, public schools of choice in Philadelphia. Students in a Philadelphia charter high schools benefit from results like zero dropout rates and 97 to 100 percent college going rates. No wonder members of the Philadelphia teachers union…
There has been a lot of discussion in the past few days about intentional lack of transparency with the development and enactment of the Affordable Care Act, but Kentuckians don’t have to look to Washington for examples of the public’s business being kept from the public and their elected officials. In fact, a story WDRB…
How charter schools can help The Kentucky Legislature’s Interim Joint Committee on Education heard testimony about school choice and achievement gaps at its November 10, 2014 meeting, and one of the key speakers was Mendell Grinter, the head of the Kentucky branch of the Black Alliance for Educational Options. Mendell’s group does a lot of…
During the Kentucky Legislature’s Interim Joint Education Committee hearings on school choice and charter schools for Kentucky on November 10, 2014, one Kentucky state senator said he first needed to do more research, including digging into such things as terrible performance at Lexington’s William Wells Brown Elementary School. But, how much more research can we…
As I wrote recently the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) is slowing down its adoption timetable for highly problematic changes to the state’s social studies standards to allow a public comment period. That period will end on December 5, 2014. So, now is the time to let the KBE hear your thoughts about whether it’s OK to…
Wayne Lewis knows a lot about charter schools. He also knows a lot about the public education situation for Kentucky’s racial minorities, and he isn’t happy with what he sees happening to the state’s children of color. Lewis isn’t just upset with Louisville’s schools, either. In his comments to the Kentucky Legislature’s Interim Joint Education…
BUT, the full ‘Term’ is far from over, and a lot still remains to be done WDRB reports that Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts Adam Edelen gave the Jefferson County Public Schools an ‘A’ a couple of days ago at a Louisville Forum luncheon for the way the district is moving out in response to…
In her testimony on Monday, November 10, 2014 before the Kentucky Legislature’s Interim Joint Education Committee, Louisville parent Lynn Rippy says the public school system incorrectly categorized her adopted African-American son as having an IQ of only 100. But, Rippy didn’t accept that. Once she enrolled him in a private school that met his needs,…
The past two days saw major charter school action in Frankfort, Lexington and Louisville with extended testimony to the Kentucky Legislature’s Interim Joint Education Committee and Charter School Town Hall events, as well. There was compelling commentary from both experts and Kentucky parents who understand how the current, one-size-must-fit-all public education system in this state…
Charter Schools would work MUCH better! As I blogged a few days ago, there was a lot of hoopla several years ago when teachers union supporters in the Kentucky General Assembly passed an anti-charter school, bait-and-switch bill to create “Districts of Innovation” instead (House Bill 37, signed into law on April 11, 2012). At that…