There was a full line up of charter school experts at last Monday’s meeting of the Kentucky legislature’s Interim Joint Education Committee. Here are comments about why Kentucky needs charter schools from Dr. Wayne Lewis, a UK education professor.
Did you know that – compared to their traditional public school counterparts – charter schools are more likely to promote and retain teachers based on merit and student performance instead of longevity alone? Legalize school choice now!
That’s about the size of it. Hear how innovative Taylor County Schools offers a real school choice to serve the needs of all its students while maintaining a zero dropout rate. Why don’t all of our kids have these sorts of school choices? Legalize school choice now!
As the Bluegrass Institute kicks off its “Legalize School Choice” campaign, the groundswell of support for charter schools in the commonwealth has resulted in an impromptu legislative panel session in Frankfort today on that very topic. The panel session, prompted by Hal Heiner – long-time Bluegrass Institute supporter and founder of the brand new Kentucky…
Did you know that charter schools are actually public schools, but – unlike their traditional counterparts – are free from many of the one-size-fits-any-student mandates to curriculum which stunt educational innovation? Legalize school choice now!
(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Today the Bluegrass Institute kicks off a campaign designed to convince parents in some of Kentucky’s most failing districts that their children’s freedom to learn is being held up by one man in Frankfort – the House Education Committee chairman. “For several years now, solid legislation has been filed in Frankfort that would…
First, some background The process to adopt new academic standards in Kentucky’s schools is somewhat involved. After the Kentucky Department of Education develops a proposal (or, in the case of Next Generation Science Standards, grabs proposed standards from somewhere else), the Kentucky Board of Education must vote to approve a regulation adopting the new standards…
President Jim Waters will talk about the Bluegrass Institute’s new grassroots “Legalize School Choice” campaign on Louisville’s 84WHAS with guest host Mary Walter on Monday at 10 a.m. (eastern). Listen live online here. Then, if you like what you hear and you think we need a voice that continually promotes school choice for Kentucky’s parents…
With great sadness we have been advised of the passing of Dr. Faurest Coogle, a life-long educator who spent the final years of his distinguished career as an advisor to the Kentucky Senate’s leadership. While he was influential in many key pieces of education legislation, I’ll just mention two. Dr. Coogle provided the intellectual horsepower…
Did you know… Kentucky has the highest early-retiree (pre-65) public pension costs of any other state in the country? For each teacher that retires before turning 65, Kentucky taxpayers will be billed a total of nearly $800,000? Kentucky Teachers Retirement Systems (KTRS) was 61 percent funded in 2011, but fell more than a whole three…