Bluegrass Institute staff education analyst Richard Innes in an op-ed in Thursday's Louisville Courier-Journal writes in favor of the state intervening in the Jefferson County Public Schools."

The JCPS system needs major work, but after a quarter-century of KERA, the district hasn’t proven capable of meeting the challenge on its own," Innes writes. " ... Kentuckians must consider every available option – even temporary state takeovers – to make sure that a school system which seriously fails children becomes a thing of the past."

Read the entire op-ed here.