I appear on KET’s Kentucky Tonight show this evening talking about education, and I thought our readers might like more information about some of the things I hope to discuss. So, here is a topic listing with links to more information. I may update this blog after the show. Why Kentucky Needs School Choice Achievement…
Richard Innes, the Bluegrass Institute’s staff education analyst, is scheduled to appear Monday, June 22, 2015 on KET’s Kentucky Tonight show. Per KET: “Substitute host Renee Shaw and her guests discuss education. Scheduled guests: Representative Derrick Graham, chair of the House Education Committee; Senator Mike Wilson, chair of the Senate Education Committee; Richard Innes, staff…
It’s great for Nevada parents Why does Kentucky resist such great ideas? A new article from the Friedman Foundation says Nevada is moving to the forefront of school-choice states with two pieces of legislation that set school choice in the Silver State at a whole new level. The most recent and far-reaching bill creates some…
The contract for a search firm to help find a new commissioner of education for Kentucky has been approved by the legislature’s Government Contract Review Committee. This isn’t going to be cheap. In part driven by fears of repeating the disastrous commissioner search debacle of 2007, the new search contract will apparently include more records…
Over two years ago, Tim Moore became one of several former public school superintendents flagged in a special audit by Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts Adam Edelen for inappropriate fiscal activities. The Ledger-Independent reports that Moore’s trial for alleged abuse of public trust of $10,000 but less than $100,000, and two counts of alleged theft…
The Jefferson County Public Schools’ busing madness may be running up against a new problem. After years of kids being hauled all over the school district – sometimes miles from their homes – boredom and resulting misbehavior among the students were inevitable consequences. It’s no secret that student behavior problems and other issues have been…
It is no secret that the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science at Western Kentucky University has been proclaimed the top public high school in Kentucky – and even in the nation – for years. After all, Gatton is basically a highly competitive magnet high school that draws top students from across Kentucky. And, as…
“Common Core provided no scaffolding to transition students from their former educational program into the new one Common Core outlines.”–Richard G. Innes, Bluegrass Institute staff education analyst
“The US needs a single curriculum so highly mobile students won’t be behind when they move to a new school.” “Students need to take more advanced material in the lower elementary grades if they are going to be ready later for college and careers.” Americans have heard these sorts of arguments over and over during…
Kentucky’s Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence has always been ready to blow its happy horn for Kentucky’s schools – regardless of those schools’ actual performance. A new case in point just arrived with Prichard’s short paper, “Finding Solutions, Standards Push Students Toward Real-Life Problems.” This paper focuses on the way: “Kentucky’s standards for learning in…