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Op-ed: School choice better than decades-old failed KERA, busing policies

Bluegrass Institute, EducationJune 10, 2020Academic achievement gap, busing, graduation rates, Jefferson County Public Schools

MEDIA ALERT: Bluegrass Institute report indicates growing racial academic, graduation gaps in JCPS

Bluegrass Institute, EducationJune 8, 2020Academic achievement gap, busing, graduation rates, Jefferson County Public Schools

Bluegrass Beacon: Opportunity costs of pleasing unions tragically high for charter-less minorities

Bluegrass Beacon, Education, School ChoiceJim WatersMay 12, 2019Academic achievement gap, Bill de Blasio, charter schools, Eva Moskowitz, Success AcademyComment

News release: New board, reform-minded commissioner offer optimism for closing gaps, improving Ky’s education performance

Education, NewsJim WatersApril 17, 2018Academic achievement gap, Charter School Debate, Dr- Gary Houchens, Dr- Wayne Lewis, Education commissioner, Gov- Matt Bevin, Kathy Gornik, Kentucky Board of EducationComment

King’s legacy remains unrealized in too many Kentucky classrooms

Education, School ChoiceJim WatersJanuary 15, 2018Academic achievement gap, Education Savings Accounts, MLK Day 2018, Scholarship Tax CreditsComment

BIPPS in Lexington Herald-Leader: Challenging KERA's 'success'

Education, School ChoiceJim WatersMarch 20, 2017Academic achievement gap, charter schools, David Hornbeck, KERAComment

Bluegrass Beacon: Clinton’s backflip on charter schools ‘a step backwards’

Education, School ChoiceJim WatersSeptember 3, 2016Academic achievement gap, Center for Education Reform, Charter School diversity, Democrats supporting charters, Hillary Clinton, Manhattan Institute, public charter schools Comment

Pastors coalition releases education-choice platform; will call on gubernatorial candidates to sign

EducationJim WatersOctober 5, 20152016 education platform, Academic achievement gap, Attorney General candidates, Bishop Dr- Michael Ford, Gubernatorial candidates, Justice Resource Center, K-PAC, Milton Seymore, News conference, public charter schools, Sr- Christ Temple Christian Life CenterComment

Bluegrass Beacon: Hopeful rhetoric adorns wall of school-choice obstructionism

EducationJim WatersApril 6, 2015Academic achievement gap, Alabama, CREDO, Derrick Graham, public charter schools, RepComment