But, will we get any money? Just before the Senate Education Committee meeting started today, all sorts of key education types started running up to Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday, excitedly congratulating him on getting Kentucky to the finals in the Race to the Top federal education funding sweepstakes. It is exciting for our educators.…
Should government be the engine that propels or a rudder that guides? This is the central question about the role of government that we use to frame public policy. We want to know what you think! What is the role of government in our lives? Is the government an engine or rudder in 2010? What…
The National Association of State Boards of Education reports those Common Core standards Kentucky made such a big fanfare about adopting a week ago are going out for yet another draft review on March 8, 2010. The review period will run three weeks, which will make it very challenging for a final document to be…
The new PLAN scores for Kentucky’s 10th grade students that released last week have a little good news and a lot of very cautionary news. The good news is that our white students’ average score in English now exceeds the PLAN “Benchmark” score that represents good odds that the students will pass their first college…
E-Verify is an Internet-based system that allows an employer, using information reported on an employee’s Form I-9 to determine the eligibility of that employee to work in the United States. Clear all the smoke, rhetoric and good intentions. And find a big, comfortable chair if you are going to wade through the final rule. An…
Recent, credible evidence suggests that students who attend charter schools score higher in math and are more likely to graduate with honors than their peers in traditional public schools. Click here to listen to the 90-second audio commentary.
The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council is attempting to define “family” in regards to who can live in a home. Due to complaints that resulted in the recent UK housing debacle, the council has decided that it is a good idea to limit the number of non-blood or legally related people living in a house together…
An intriguing article by Paul Thiel in the February 2010 edition of the Libertarians for Greater Cincinnati newsletter addresses not only how libertarians and the tea-party movement need each other but how by working closer together, the two streams of the liberty movement can have a powerful effect in getting “the ideas and practices of…
I read recently that the United States Postal Service lost $238 billion due to a changing business climate. Electronic communication has drastically affected the level of business the USPS is seeing and has caused it to lose money.Their solution? Stop delivering on Saturdays to save money. I applaud this. Finally someone woke up and realized…
The Times Tribune reports that Kentucky State Representative Brad Montell (R-Shelbyville) plans to file another charter school bill during the current legislative session. This one is to be scaled down in scope from his earlier bill. It will establish a pilot program of up to 20 charter schools so Kentucky can get its feet wet…