Sounds remarkably like us! In his annual address to the national convention of the National Education Association, union president Dennis Van Roekel made some remarkable comments. According to Education Week’s Teacher Beat Blog, Van Roekel said of the existing public education system and his union: “We are part of that system—a system that has not…
The Courier-Journal reports an extensive clean-up of the bloated central office at the Jefferson County Public School District is likely to save $4 million, apparently each year. That, according to district superintendent Danna Hargens, is money she can now plow back into education in the schools. It’s about time. Things are so bad even the…
Dr. Phillip Rogers retires today from the position of Executive Director of the Kentucky Educational Professional Standards Board (EPSB), the organization that oversees professional certification of teachers and principals. He leaves an important legacy. Perhaps the most stunning action to take place while Dr. Rogers was at the helm was the EPSB’s cancellation of certification…
Why not? Kentucky Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday just issued a short article discussing his interest in using telecommuting for workers at his department. This can be a good idea to keep good people on staff who otherwise might leave. It certainly can reduce commuting costs for participants. Of course, there needs to be good…
Here’s some food for thought.
Bluegrass Institute education analyst Richard Innes discusses what he sees as differences and opportunities between the Kentucky Education Association and other professional organizations such as the Air Line Pilots Association.
Perhaps the best source of credible, “apples to apples” state education funding data is the US Census Bureau’s annual report called Public Education Finances. “Public Education Finances: 2010” just came out, and I’ve been looking over Table 12. This table ranks the states on a number of educational revenue and spending items for the 2009-2010…
Perhaps the best source of credible, “apples to apples” state funding data is the US Census Bureau’s annual report called Public Education Finances. “Public Education Finances: 2010” was just released, and Table 11 in the report shows that Kentucky’s total current spending on education moved up to 38th place in 2010. We were in 39th…
Add WLKY in Louisville to the list of television stations that picked up the story about the white versus black achievement gaps in Louisville that we discuss in our new paper, “Blacks Falling Through Gaps.”
Yesterday I filmed at the press conference for our new report (by Richard G. Innes) Blacks Falling Through Gaps. Here’s a highlight video of some of the key moments. Be sure to post on your Facebook page (copy this link https://vimeo.com/44294354)