Charter bill to be heard in Kentucky Senate Committee

Cover of KY White Minus Black Gaps Continue to Worsen Report

The Kentucky Senate’s Education Committee will take up Senate Bill 8, which is a comprehensive bill to create charter schools in Kentucky, tomorrow.

Without question charter schools could help with one major problem in Kentucky’s schools – the continuing and growing achievement gap between the state’s white and black students. This problem was discussed again today at the Kentucky Board of Education meeting, and a new report on the gaps is now available from BIPPS, as well. Get that by clicking on this title: Kentucky’s White Minus Black Education Achievement Gaps Continue to Worsen.

Also, be sure to read a companion blog, “Don’t charter schools perform about the same as regular public schools?” This one explains how real charter school performance isn’t being accurately reported.