Education

Virtual schooling in Kentucky: Great promise with challenges (Posted Sept. 1, 2010)
Rapid advances in computer-based technology create exciting new possibilities for the delivery of public education, including the opportunity to offer totally virtual, online courses through the Internet. [ Read More ]

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 ]

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 ]

Educational Whack-A-Mole a losing game for Kentucky kids (Posted Aug. 20, 2010)
Charter supporters must remain focused on improving schools and the education of all children through competition. [ Read More ]