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School choice continues to leave Kentucky behind

Education, Education Reform, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesMay 19, 2020Charter School Enrollment, charter schools, Education, NAEP, public charter schools, school choice

Survey says ... Parents support school choice!

Education, School ChoiceDecember 13, 2018EdChoice survey, Homeschooling, Parental school choice, Private Schools, public charter schools, Scholarship Tax Credits, teachers unions Comments

KY Education Commissioner Lewis clearly and simply outlines the issues with the pending takeover of JCPS

Education, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJune 11, 2018Achievement Gaps, charter schools, Child Abuse in JCPS, Education, Jefferson County, public charter schools, school choiceComment

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

We can't 'save' every child; but shouldn't we do something?

Education, UncategorizedJim WatersJuly 12, 2016Blacks Continue Falling Through the Gaps, Effective Graduation Rate, public charter schoolsComment

Charter schools offer disproportionate help for the disproportionately needy

EducationJim WatersMarch 6, 2016Legalize School Choice, public charter schools, WLKY-TVComment

Misleading high school graduation rates even more misleading for Kentucky’s blacks

Education, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJanuary 28, 2016Achievement Gaps, charter schools, graduation rates, K-PREP, public charter schools, testingComment

PLAN – why Kentucky badly needs school choice

Education, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJanuary 27, 2016ACT, charter schools, Common Core State Standards, Education, EXPLORE Test, PLAN Test, public charter schools, school choice, testingComment

“EXPLORE” why Kentucky badly needs school choice

Education, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJanuary 26, 2016ACT, charter schools, Common Core State Standards, Education, EXPLORE, public charter schools, school choice, School Choice Week, testingComment

Ex-charter school teacher's gripes: Are they really about the students or just sour grapes?

EducationJim WatersJanuary 24, 2016Ava-Margeaux Tierney, BIPPS Scholar Gary Houchens, CREDO, KIPP, National School Choice Week, Newark Educators Community School, public charter schools Comments

Charter schools on Kentucky Tonight's agenda

Education, MediaJim WatersJanuary 7, 2016Dr- Martin Solomon, Dr- Wayne Lewis, Kentucky Tonight, public charter schoolsComment

Charter schools do outperform across the nation if students attend long enough to benefit

Education, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJanuary 7, 2016Achievement Gaps, charter schools, Education, Jefferson County, Persistently Low Achieving Schools, public charter schools, school choice Comments

Jim Waters discusses Bluegrass Institute’s participation in the charter school effort in Kentucky

Education, Event, Media, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJanuary 2, 2016Achievement Gaps, charter schools, public charter schools, school choice Comments

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

From the Bluegrass Institute Board of Scholars - Getting serious about education reform: Empower principals and parents

EducationJim WatersApril 12, 2015BIPPS Board of Scholars, Gary W- Houchens, public charter schools, Role of principals, Thomas B- Fordham InstituteComment

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

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

Comments on the Charter School Debate: US Department of Education knows charter schools are public schools

Education, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesAugust 25, 2014Charter School Debate, charter schools, public charter schools Comments

Taking liberty to the airwaves: BIPPS on Bowling Green's WKCT on Monday morning

Education, Labor, MediaJim WatersAugust 11, 2014Chad Young, NewsTalk 93 WKCT, public charter schools, right to work Comment

Is Kentucky a 'reform-minded state' when it comes to public education?

EducationJim WatersAugust 8, 2014Achievement Gaps, Gov- Steve Beshear, NAEP, public charter schoolsComment

Empowering Kentuckians: BIPPS President Jim Waters takes to central Ky's airwaves

Education, Labor, MediaJim WatersAugust 7, 2014Bro- Ron Miller, Kruser and Krew, National Employee Freedom Week, public charter schools, right to work, WBFI, WVLKComment