I don’t understand what part of “it isn’t working in other states” the governor does not understand, but it’s reported that Kentucky’s governor, Steve Beshear, is again going to propose legislation to raise the minimum high school dropout age in the state to 18. I researched the performance of Age 18 legislation in 14 states…
I had to read this one twice. According to a December 17, 2012 article in The Scientist a University of Kentucky (UK) biomedical researcher: “…was discovered to have falsified or fabricated 45 figures over the course of 10 years.” That research related to cardiovascular disease and diabetes and was supposedly based on using special experimental…
“The Other America” Is “Coming Apart” by Eric Shansberg, Ph.D. Published 50 years ago, Michael Harrington’s The Other America provided a sweeping description of poverty in the United States. His book is given credit for awakening the nation to the plight of the poor and forwarding the idea that the federal government should become heavily…
“An ‘externality’ occurs when a transaction between two people affects a third person without that person’s permission. Professor Michael Munger illustrates a simple externality problem with potato chips” in the video above. The concept of an externality is not a foreign one to Kentuckians. Though not all externalities have to be negative, it’s the…
But, who will insure all this data is secure, who will have access, etc? I’m a big fan of research data, but I also recognize that massive amounts of personal information stored on government computers create all sorts of potential for really bad things like identity theft and governmental invasion of personal privacy. Certainly, the…
The proliferation of computer-based databases operated by Kentucky’s public school system has been very extensive, and these databases contain a large amount of sensitive information on students, parents and school employees. Examples of that sensitive information include: social security numbers, test scores, eligibility for free and reduced cost lunch, salaries, teacher evaluation materials, health conditions…
In any state-to-state education comparison, student demographics matter In its zeal to portray Kentucky’s public education system in the best possible light, the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence has issued a 2012 update to its on-going “Top 20 by 2020” reports. But, Prichard still doesn’t get this right. Prichard simply ignores advice, readily available in…
WHAS-TV also had great coverage of our press conference with BAEO on Monday Read the text of the WHAS report here. Our new report, “Blacks Still Falling Through Gaps, the 2012 Update,” is now on line here. You can access our first report in this series here.
Reporters were out in force yesterday for the Bluegrass Institute and Black Alliance for Educational Options press conference were we released our updated report on black versus white achievement gaps in Louisville’s schools. Catch the press coverage here. wave3.com-Louisville News, Weather Read the accompanying text story. Our new report, “Blacks Still Falling Through Gaps, the…
In its zeal to portray Kentucky’s public education system in the best possible light, the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence has issued a 2012 update to its on-going “Top 20 by 2020” reports. But, Prichard still doesn’t get this right. Prichard simply ignores advice, readily available in all federal National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)…