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Is there a big decay in education funding in Kentucky?

Education, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesDecember 11, 2017Public Pensions, School Funding, taxesComment

Text-deleting app brings open government to the edge of the transparency abyss

Transparency and Accou...Jim WatersDecember 10, 2017Bluegrass Institute, Center for Open Government, open records, public discussions on private devices, tampering with public records, text-deleting appComment

Quote of the day

Education, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesDecember 9, 2017Achievement GapsComment

How successful are Kentucky’s high school graduates?

Election, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesDecember 9, 2017Education, graduation rates, High School Graduates' Success Comments

Bluegrass Beacon: Christmas coal, meet government grinches

Bluegrass Beacon, Transparency and Accou...Jim WatersDecember 8, 2017Christopher Kennedy, Clean coal, Clean Power Plan, EPA Admin Scott Pruitt, EPA regulations, Finance Cabinet Built to Suit committee, Open meetings, P3 projects, State JournalComment

White Minus Black Achievement Gap Hidden While School Council Claims Progress

Education, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesDecember 8, 2017Achievement Gaps, Education, SBDM Councils, SBDMs, School Based Decision MakingComment

How much do Kentucky’s school districts really spend per pupil?

Education, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesDecember 7, 2017Per Pupil Spending, School Spending, Spending, taxesComment

WaPo: U.S. schoolchildren tumble in international reading exam rankings, worrying educators

Education, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesDecember 6, 2017Achievement Gaps, Common Core State Standards, Education, NAEP, PIRLS, Progress in International Reading Literacy Study, testing Comments

You pay when the government fights to keep its secrets

Transparency and Accou...Jim WatersDecember 5, 2017attorneys' fees, Bluegrass Institute, Center for Open Government, costs, Open meetings, open records, penalties, vexatious litigation Comment

Inequity continues in Kentucky’s schools

Education, News, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesDecember 4, 2017Achievement Gaps, charter schools, Education, school choiceComment

Rejecting or respecting the public's right to know: the KRS pension report versus the House sexual harassment report

Transparency and Accou..., UncategorizedJim WatersDecember 3, 2017Bluegrass Institute, Center for Open Government, open records, pension report, post-decisional reports, predecisional reports, sexual harassment reportComment

Go figure

News, Reduce Government Spen..., Smaller Government, Transparency and Accou..., Health CareRichard InnesDecember 2, 2017Drug Problems, Louisville, Reduce Government SpendingComment

Chronic School Absenteeism in Kentucky: Is it an issue in your school system?

Education, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesDecember 1, 2017Chronic Absenteeism, School AttendanceComment

Bluegrass Beacon - Clear the air: Reveal retirees’ benefits

Bluegrass Beacon, Transparency and Accou..., PensionsJim WatersNovember 26, 2017KRS, KTRS, Legislative pension transparency, Superintendents compensation Comments

The "cost" of access: when agencies frustrate the public's right to know by charging excessive fees

Transparency and Accou...Jim WatersNovember 22, 2017Bluegrass Institute, Center for Open Government, excessive copying fees, open records, subverting intent of open records actComment

BROKEN PROMISE? Common Core tests were supposed to usher in a new era of comparing America’s schools

Education, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesNovember 19, 2017Common Core State Standards, KPREP, NAEP, testingComment

"Preliminary" pension reports and perennial problems with public access

Transparency and Accou...Jim WatersNovember 18, 2017Bluegrass Institute, Center for Open Government, open records, pension report, preliminary documents Comment

Opening closed doors: why we appealed the House's illegal meeting

Transparency and Accou...Jim WatersNovember 11, 2017Bluegrass Institute, Caucus meetings, Center for Open Government, House of Representatives, Open meetingsComment

Do parents really care about Kentucky’s school councils?

Education, Transparency and Accou...Richard InnesNovember 7, 2017Education, SBDMs, School CouncilsComment

In the media: Coverage of Bluegrass Institute's open-meetings win

Center for Open Govern..., Transparency and Accou...Jim WatersNovember 7, 2017Amye Bensenhaver, Attorney General Open Meetings Decision, Central Kentucky Tea Party, House of RepresentativesComment