Economist Milton Friedman was a great advocate of school choice for parents and students. Toward the end of the video below he takes a moment to explain the idea of a voucher system and how it can be instrumental in education reform: Friedman would have been 100 years old this year. On July 31st, we…
“Increasingly, schools have come under the control of centralized administration, professional educators deciding what shall be taught, who shall do the teaching, and even what children shall go to what school. The people who lose most from this system are the poor and the disadvantaged in the large cities. They are simply stuck. They have…
To celebrate Milton Friedman, each year we have an event in Louisville where we talk about the economics in daily life. Here, I have pulled a video from our event two years ago of Jeff Reed speaking about the great free-market thinker. I earlier posted a video of Jim Waters from the same event. Jeff…
A Glasgow Daily Times July 16, 2012 article, “Board gets KSBA update” (subscription for full article in e-edition) reports on some confusing comments about EXPLORE and PLAN performance over time in the Metcalfe County School system. I’m concerned on several counts. Not only do the numbers cited disagree with the official numbers in the Kentucky…
A Fox News article from July 14, 2012 discusses how the high salaries of teachers’ union leaders are drawing jeers – from the very teachers those unions supposedly represent. It looks like rank and file members within the education community are not happy. Fox quotes teacher Kristi LaCroix, an English teacher from Kenosha, Wisconsin, sounding…
To celebrate Milton Friedman, each year we have an event in Louisville where we talk about the economics in daily life. Here, I have pulled a video from our event two years ago of Jim Waters speaking about the great free-market thinker. I will later post other talks from Jeff Reed of the Foundation for…
I am a big fan of the Louisville parent and grandmother Lenora Yarbrough. She comes out to every school choice/charter school event I have been to. Mrs. Yarbrough is one of the most well spoken & energetic people that speak about this subject! She was also featured in our other videos Virginia Walden Ford (November 2009) & Charter…
Williams hits a number of hot buttons: • The critical need for school choice is no longer something only conservatives and Republicans favor. Reacting to the obvious shortcomings in our schools, “cutting edge” Democrats are starting to come on board, as well. • Technology can help. • Empower parents to find the best educational option…
It was a major promise of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990. Our kids would be better educated for the world of work. Still, more than 22 years later, the Community Recorder newspaper in Kenton County reports: “Manufacturers struggle to fill jobs.” And, the article points to education as part of the problem, saying:…
The Courier-Journal added more information on line in the evening of July 5, 2012 about an earlier, mistaken article that said Governor Beshear had appointed David Karem to be chair of the Kentucky Board of Education. Apparently, the governor thought he had such authority and issued a proclamation on July 2, 2012 naming Karem not…