WKMS, the NPR station at Murray State University, posted “Kentucky Education Commissioner Weighs In on Next Generation Science Standards” yesterday. This article helps torpedo the myth of local control over school curriculum in Kentucky. In the article – which deals with outcomes from the Next Generation Science Standards that Kentucky’s governor adopted despite a negative…
“The Kentucky Black Alliance for Educational Options Pastors Coalition…is saddened by this attempt to defraud our people and cheat our students out of a great education.” The Louisville-based group’s response to the closing of Myer’s Middle School was published in an op-ed featured in the Monday edition of the Courier-Journal. In their letter, the pastors…
Be careful what you ask for – especially if you’re an insolent and intransigent board member in a wasteful and bloated Kentucky public school district. Be especially wary if state Auditor Adam Edelen’s on the receiving end of that request. Edelen, whose office arguably produces the most return for taxpayers of any state agency on…
I think most of our readers know I am a data guy, but I also have enough of an engineering background to understand some of the implications of unintended consequences. When it comes to collection and analysis of data concerning our children, I have reservations about whether the data efforts are paying due diligence to…
Competition: the way a monopoly is dismantled This past week we offered a series of blogs looking at how the traditional public school system in Kentucky – which enjoys a virtual monopoly over deciding where your child can go to school – has been seduced by its own power in arrogant ways that adversely impact…
Competition: the way a monopoly is dismantled This week we offer a series of blogs looking at how the traditional public school system in Kentucky – which enjoys a virtual monopoly over deciding where your child can go to school – has been seduced by its own power in arrogant ways that adversely impact students…
The web has come alive with reports that Oklahoma has just become the third state after South Carolina and Indiana to drop the Common Core State Standards. Here is a link to a national blog with more information.
Competition: the way a monopoly is dismantled This week we offer a series of blogs looking at how the traditional public school system in Kentucky – which enjoys a virtual monopoly over deciding where your child can go to school – has been seduced by its own power in arrogant ways that adversely impact students…
During the Kentucky Board of Education meeting today, the Fleming County Public School District came up during a discussion of school districts that are in state assistance. A number of problems in Fleming County were mentioned such as the recent resignation of a local school board member, the forthcoming resignation of superintendent Tom Price and…
Competition: the way a monopoly is dismantled This week we offer a series of blogs looking at how the traditional public school system in Kentucky – which enjoys a virtual monopoly over deciding where your child can go to school – has been seduced by its own power in arrogant ways that adversely impact students…