By Jim Waters We’ve seen that many in Kentucky’s legislature and teachers unions are adamant enemies of school choice in the commonwealth. The Kentucky Education Association has worked for years with powerful politicians to keep even the most rudimentary types of school choice – like the charter schools found in 41 other states and the…
A big stir was generated at the Kentucky Board of Education meeting earlier this week when it was announced that preliminary data show only 25 percent of the state’s entering Kindergarten class is ready for school. Before going further, I want to emphasize that this shocking figure is only a preliminary estimate. It comes from…
(Even though Governor Beshear didn’t reappoint him to the board) Billy Harper, industrialist, BIPPS friend and long-time booster of education in Kentucky was honored at today’s Kentucky Board of Education meeting for his four years of service on that board. Harper only served one term on the board when Governor Steve Beshear chose not to…
The facts show that more money does not guarantee better results in education. Read more in our recent Bang for the Buck 2012 report.
And, this is a high performing school system in Kentucky! By any reasonable measure, the Walton-Verona Independent School District in Northern Kentucky has to be considered one of the states better performers. In our new Bang for the Buck 2012 report, Walton-Verona’s 28 percent better than the average efficiency ranked seventh best in the state.…
Buddy Berry of Eminence Independent – Bang for the Buck press conf. 09/17/12 from Bluegrass Institute on Vimeo.
The Harlan Daily Enterprise reports “School accountability raises major questions.” At least, that is what is happening in the Harlan County School District. Among other things, the district is unhappy with the way the new program rates schools using a norming process rather than setting a specific performance criterion. Under this norming process, results from…
Monday morning, Richard Innes spent about 45 minutes discussing the test score debacle in Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) with Mandy Connell on WHAS. Listen to the discussion below. You can read Innes’ thoughts about the JCPS test score coming storm here and here.
Last week at our press conference held at Eminence Independent, Kay Kennedy from the Kentucky Department of Education spoke about school spending efficiency. Kay Kennedy of KDE – Bang for the Buck press conf. 09/17/12 from Bluegrass Institute on Vimeo.
Sam Sanders of LaRue County – Bang for the Buck press conf. 09/17/12 from Bluegrass Institute on Vimeo.