Jim Waters is Vice President of Policy and Communications for the Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions, a nonprofit research and educational institute headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Prior to joining the Institute, Waters was a reporter and editor for newspapers and radio stations in Ohio and Kentucky.  Most recently he served as the business reporter and editorial page editor for the (Bowling Green) Daily News, specializing in economic development issues, tax policy and national, state, and local elections.  His opinion pieces have been run across the nation.  He was also a news anchor with the Daily News Broadcasting Company for three years.  His award-winning work includes honors from the Kentucky Press Association.

Recent articles written by Jim Waters

Analyst: Virtual schools possess potential but lack marketing, data (Posted Sept. 1, 2010)
A new Policy Point released today by the Bluegrass Institute, Kentucky’s free-market think tank, reports that virtual learning programs allowing gifted students to surge ahead and those at risk of dropping out to catch up and remain on the road to graduation suffer from a lack of marketing. [ Read More ]

Superintendent 'molds' his legacy by ignoring a school's success (Posted Aug. 27, 2010)
The legacy of an 'educrat' should not come at the expense of the health, safety and education of a Kentucky school district's students. [ Read More ]

Was Robin Hood a freedom fighter or medieval socialist?(Posted Aug. 25, 2010)
Liberty lovers across the commonwealth should claim the freedom fighter of Sherwood Forest as one of their own. [ Read More ]

Kentucky denied Race to the Top funds (Posted Aug. 24, 2010)
Today’s announcement of Kentucky’s loss in the second round of the federal Race to the Top (RTTT) education sweepstakes sends the Bluegrass State a sobering message: Although some Kentuckians, including some of the commonwealth’s bureaucrats and politicians, have bought into exaggerated claims about the state’s educational system, national class educators simply are not falling for that “marketing.” [ Read More ]