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KentuckyWired: Still suffering from the secrecy virus

Transparency and Accou...June 22, 2017Amye Bensenhaver, Center for Open Government, Open meetings, open records, Sunshine Laws, TransparencyComment

Rubber stamping public agencies’ denials of records requests

Transparency and Accou...June 22, 2017Amye Bensenhaver, Center for Open Government, Kentucky Office of the Attorney General, open records, Sunshine LawsComment

Bensenhaver's work recognized

Media, Transparency and Accou...June 21, 2017Amye Bensenhaver, Center for Open Government, Open meetings, open records, The State JournalComment

UofL Foundation audit exposes willful obstruction of open records act

Transparency and Accou...June 19, 2017Amye Bensenhaver, audit, Center for Open Government, Open meetings, open records, UofL, UofL FoundationComment

What education accountability can (and cannot) do, Part II

Education, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJune 18, 2017Assessment and Accountability, Education, KPREP, testingComment

Mississippi fires testing contractor who made serious mistakes

Education, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJune 17, 2017Education, KPREP, testingComment

Ambiguity allows officials to use tech toys, dodge sunshine laws

Media, Transparency and Accou...June 16, 2017Amye Bensenhaver, Government Transparency, Jim Waters, radio, Revise Ky's Sunshine Laws, Sunshine LawsComment

Florida charter schools outperform

Education, School Choice, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJune 15, 2017charter schools, school choiceComment

Will digital learning replace teachers with others?

Education, Labor, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJune 12, 2017Digital Learning, teachers, Teachers AidesComment

Common Core: Costs versus education performance in Kentucky

Education, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJune 10, 2017ACT, Common Core State Standards, NAEP, Next Generation Science Standards, taxes Comments

BIPPS op-ed in Herald-Leader: Sunshine laws 'showing their age'

Transparency and Accou...Jim WatersJune 7, 2017"Shining the Light" report, Amye Bensenhaver, Center for Open Government, Open Meetings Law, Open Records LawComment

KY Board of Ed gets bad news about projected math proficiency to 2030

Education, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJune 7, 2017Education, KPREP, NAEP, Unbridled LearningComment

Where public funds go, the public’s interest still follows

Transparency and Accou...Jim WatersJune 6, 201725 percent, KRS 61-870(1)(h), open records, private entities, pubic fundsComment

What happens when your school accountability program misses important problems

Education, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesJune 6, 2017ACT, KPREP, Robertson County, Unbridled LearningComment

News Release: Bluegrass Institute report stresses the need to modernize Kentucky’s sunshine laws

Transparency and Accou...Jim WatersJune 5, 2017Amye Bensenhaver, Open meetings, open recordsComment

More from #kyga17: Pension transparency bills book-ended busy session

Transparency and Accou..., PensionsJim WatersJune 4, 20172017 General Assembly, Judicial Retirement System, KRS, KTRS, Legislative Transparency Pledge, Public Pension Oversight Board, SB 2, SB 3, Sen- Chris McDaniel, Sen- Joe Comment

Principals indeed should lead, but Kentucky’s SBDM laws interfere with that

Education, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesMay 31, 2017Education, School Based Decision Making, school based decision making council, Site-Based Council, Superintendents, teachersComment

Kentucky’s ‘Academic Standards Review and Revision Process’ gets under way

Education, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesMay 24, 2017Common Core State Standards, Education Comments

Bluegrass Beacon: ‘Sorry’ no longer sufficient

Transparency and Accou...Jim WatersMay 23, 2017Corbin Public Library Board, Kentucky Board of Education, Kentucky Open Meetings ActComment

Holding public records hostage

Transparency and Accou...Jim WatersMay 22, 2017FOIA, Louisville Metro Government, Revise Ky's Sunshine Laws, Terry Anderson, Three day deadlineComment