Here are some links for your Tuesday! 1. Russ Roberts of George Mason University hosts a podcast called EconTalk. It is a free download once a week and covers a variety of economic topics and guests. Check this out! 2. Hmm…spy satellites used on United States citizens? What’s the justification for this? Tough sell to…
WAVE-3 just interviewed the major mayoral candidates in Louisville about the city’s insane busing plan. Even the most wishy-washy response made it clear that none of the candidates favors trapping kids on buses for two hours a day. All seem open to the need for changes. Sometimes, the right choice is so obvious that it…
The Louisiana Department of Education publishes an annual report on the ACT performance of each graduating class. The report breaks the scores and number of ACT test takers down to the individual high school level. That allowed me to take a look at how charter schools and regular public schools in Hurricane-Katrina-ravaged New Orleans performed.…
Are some Kentucky schools teaching college track courses in name only? I’ve already blogged about the fact that Louisiana tested almost all (98%) of its high school graduating class of 2010 on the ACT college entrance test, which nearly equals Kentucky’s 100 percent testing rate for its 2010 graduates. Thus, comparisons between Kentucky and Louisiana’s…
Statement on the death of Robert F. Sexton, executive director of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence: “Mr. Sexton should be remembered for his tireless dedication to improving Kentucky’s education system. While we had differences of views on how to reach that goal, Mr. Sexton was committed to calling attention to the desperate need for…
Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday is taking a realistic, and optimistic, outlook about what Kentucky’s education system now will need to implement Senate Bill 1 (2009 Regular Session) after the announcement two days ago that Kentucky had not won any money in Race to the Top, Phase 2. The commissioner told yesterday’s meeting in Frankfort…
“Instead of trying to figure out how to get more money for education, schools across the state are figuring out how to get more education for our money. We should all follow their examples. And while we are at it, we must channel the resources we do have directly to student learning.” – Tony Bennett,…
Jim Waters, Vice President of Policy and Communcations at the Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions, was quoted in today’s Lexington Herald-Leader regarding vehicle upgrades and purchases by Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. The increase in the Department of Agriculture’s fleet is in conflict with many of the sacrifices that…
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Part 2I posted Part 1 of this blog thread several days ago, and I think it would be worthwhile to summarize some things we’ve heard, so far, from reader comments and other discussions. • Informants indicate busing problems extend beyond the three schools elementary schools that the Jefferson County Public School System officially identified. For…