Since knowledge is the lifeblood of freedom, every Kentucky child must have a quality education. High college remediation rates and low test results provide dramatic evidence that our current public education system is not adequately preparing students for future success as employees, leaders and citizens. The current system needs to be removed and replaced in order to improve the unacceptable education being received by Kentucky students. Legislative meddling and the School-Based Decision-Making Councils must be replaced with policies that empower professional educators and managers, giving them ownership and holding accountable for learning results and the system that produces those outcomes.
Parents should be given the right to place their children in a school of their choice. We need education reform. The institute supports proven school-choice policies that have been successfully implemented in other states, including charter schools, tax credits and vouchers. The institute also supports allowing current inter-district transfer agreements and home schooling policies to continue and grow.
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You know today a news report in Louisville about the Parks Director drinking and driving a city vehicle is making headlines and it occurred to me that the public would be astonished to learn how many educators have been charged with DUI. From a cursory standpoint it may seem that has no bearing on their profession however lack of judgement in personal endeavors it certainly makes one question their judgement in professional endeavors as well. I have known several educators personally who have drinking problems and most of them were in education for the same reasons, tenure, job security sick days etc. Nothing to do with a love of children or the seriousness of the task of shaping young minds. I knew one guy that called in literally every Monday, he had 3 DUI’s, lost his license and rode public transportation the High School where he taught. Apparently after an initial background check, educators can get away pretty much with anything provided they aren’t doing it with a student half naked in the car, at least that is my observation. Truck drivers have their driving records check annually educators should have their criminal records checked annually as well..Just my two cents and something that would go a long way into the quality of educators we intrust our children to!
That’s an interesting comment because it verifies my experience. I once dated a school teacher who would have these crazy parties and all the school teachers and some administration level educators would attend. What really concerned me is that they would spend much of the time at these parties drinking and making fun of the students in their classrooms. It really seemed like they were acting the age of their students.