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Preparation to teach reading for Kentucky’s elementary teachers is weak

Education, Education Reform, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesSeptember 15, 2020Achievement Gaps, Reading Instruction, teachers

Media Alert: More than 38,000 taxpayers sign petition to recall huge JCPS tax hike

Education, TaxesAugust 14, 2020JCPS tax increase, Per Pupil Spending

News Release: Kentucky Pastors Coalition endorses ‘School Choice Now Act’

Bluegrass Institute, Education, Education Reform, Increase Free Markets, News, School Choice, Individual LibertyAugust 14, 2020Achievement Gaps, Education, Jefferson County, KPAC, Persistently Low Achieving Schools, Scholarship Tax Credits, school choice, US Senate

Taking liberty to the airwaves: BIPPS CEO talks closings, school choice

Education, Media, School ChoiceAugust 11, 202055KRC, Brian Thomas Show, COVID-19, Executive orders, Virtual school choice

COVID-19 crisis: A terrible thing to waste

Bluegrass Beacon, Education, School ChoiceAugust 11, 2020COVID-19, education spending, New Orleans, School Choice Now Act- Charter schools

Quote of the Day – Kentucky teachers – kind of novices with virtual instruction

Education, Education Reform, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesAugust 10, 2020COVID-19 and School Reopening, Education, Novice Teachers, Novice Teaching, teachers, Teachers Novice at Distance Learning

Bluegrass Institute President and CEO Jim Waters comments on reopening Kentucky public schools

Bluegrass Institute, Education, News, School ChoiceAugust 5, 2020

Does the school superintendent work for the school board, or vice-versa?

Education, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesAugust 4, 2020COVID-19 and School Reopening, Education, Local Control of Schools

Given the chaos with opening of Kentucky’s public schools, do parents have other options?

Education, Education Reform, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesAugust 3, 2020BAVEL, Digital Learning, Education, school choice

Let parents use SEEK dollars for online learning options

Bluegrass Beacon, Education, School ChoiceJuly 30, 2020Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI), Return to School Survey

School opening in Kentucky – Still lots of questions with few answers

Education, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJuly 26, 2020COVID-19, Education, school choice, testing

K to 12 talks about doing distance learning, but why aren’t people checking out Kentucky’s own, 15-year-old distance learning program?

Education, Education Reform, Media, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJuly 16, 2020Barren Academy of Virtual and Expanded Learning, BAVEL, COVID-19, school choice, School Reopening

COVID-19 relief to private schools will help public ones, too

Bluegrass Beacon, Education, School ChoiceJuly 9, 2020COVID-19 education funds, Private Schools

Another Kentucky School Report Card Issue – Just try following the money

Education, Education Reform, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJuly 8, 2020Financial Transparency, Kentucky School Report Cards, School Report Cards, taxes

Where does this JCPS funding claim come from?

Education, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJuly 8, 2020education revenue, Education Revenue Sources, education spending, Jefferson County, taxes

Beware Kentucky School Report Cards Errors

Education, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJuly 6, 2020Kentucky School Report Cards, KPREP, testing

A message from Jim Waters on the JCPS tax hike

Education, Reduce Government Spen..., TaxesJuly 4, 2020