Or, what’s wrong with education research? Here at BIPPS we have written on many occasions about the poor quality of much of education research and how the smoke screen from this bad research renders the best performing education programs virtually unknown to most educators. Among other reports on the education research quality issue, we’ve pointed…
Were Head Start preschoolers the only ones abused? Residents in Jefferson County would have to be living in a vacuum to not know about the major dispute that has arisen over abuse of children in the Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS)-run Head Start preschool program. The abuse findings, the failure to fix those problems and…
“In such cases, the Office of Head Start has an interim provider who can take over programs until a new grantee is chosen. Federal officials said they plan this fall to solicit applications for a new Head Start grantee in Jefferson County.” Education Week Reporter Christina A. Samuels in “Abuse Allegations Lead Ky. District to…
Here we go again. A new Tweet says Jefferson County Public Schools apparently announced tonight that it is adopting a deeper learning program for all students. In doing that, the district turns its back on more than half a century of research that shows another approach, Direct Instruction, is better for disadvantaged kids. Note, as…
One of the clearest presentations yet of the issues involved with the recommendation for Kentucky to take over the ailing Jefferson County Public School District (JCPS) was recently made by Interim Commissioner of Education Wayne Lewis on the KET Connections show with Renee Shaw. Click the link below to hear this informative, fact-based discussion that…
Multiple media outlets in the Louisville area have reported on recent actions by the Jefferson County Board of Education to drop its $15 million federal grant and back away from operating the Head Start preschool program in Louisville. The board also voted to move those Head Start preschoolers over to the district’s separate, state-funded preschool…
Stands in the way of progress in Kentucky’s schools Echoes BIPPS concerns Bob King, President of Kentucky’s Council on Postsecondary Education, attended his last meeting of the Kentucky Board of Education on Wednesday, and, setting aside his prepared remarks, he wound up delivering a retirement call to arms, calling for major revisions to Kentucky’s education…
“He’s right that the school system he presides over does a grave disservice to black and Latino children. But he’ll never admit that the reason is because the public schools are run by and for adults, i.e., the teachers unions that are Mr. de Blasio’s political allies.” Wall Street Journal Editorial Board on NYC Mayor…
Meanwhile, more questionable statistics for the district continue to pile up As the Kentucky Board of Education prepares to hear an appeal of a recommendation from Kentucky Commissioner of Education Wayne Lewis for a state takeover of the troubled Jefferson County Public School System (JCPS), multiple sources such as the Courier-Journal report that the “Father…
“The structure of KERA, which you see most significantly magnified in Jefferson County because of the size of the district, is such that it undermines any kind of credible accountability. The reality is that the superintendent can’t hire the principals, the principals frankly don’t hire the teachers.” Robert King, President of the Kentucky Council on…