charter schools

Kentucky Charter Schools Movement May Get Bump From Carl Rollins' Resignation, Advocate Says

Joseph Lord — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:46:08 +0000

A leading Kentucky charter schools advocate says he’s hopeful the state House leadership will choose a new chairman for the House education committee who is open to charter schools.

The chairmanship became vacant last week when Democratic state Rep. Carl Rollins resigned to lead the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority and the CEO of the Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corporation.

Kentucky Senate OKs Charter School Bill

Rae Hodge — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:01:07 +0000

Voting along strict party lines, the Kentucky Senate has approved a bill that would allow persistently low-performing public schools to become charter schools.

Charter School Advocates Rally in Frankfort

Stu Johnson | Kentucky Public Radio — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:17:50 +0000

FRANKFORT — Supporters of charter schools in Kentucky rallied Thursday at the Capitol Rotunda as a bill in the General Assembly makes its way through the legislative process.

“I feel like the education isn’t good and they’re just warehousing kids to be on the streets, sort of like a daycare for kids. We not getting any education, and I feel like a charter school would help that,” said James Yarbrough, a student at a school classified by the state as low-achieving and one of the rally participants.

Persistently Low-Achieving Schools Could Become Charters Under Kentucky Senate Bill

Kenny Colston — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:48:22 +0000

Kentucky persistently low-achieving schools would be able to become charter schools to improve performance and test scores under a bill discussed Tuesday in the state Senate Education Committee.

The charter schools bill adds charters a a fifth option for what the state now calls "priority schools—schools that persistently get low scores. The current options include re-staffing of teachers, firing the principal, giving the school up to outside management or closing the schools.

Mayor Greg Fischer Talks NBA, Violence Prevention, Charter Schools and More

Joseph Lord — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:30:00 +0000

In an interview broadcast live Thursday on WFPL, Mayor Greg Fischer covered a broad array of topics —violence prevention, charter schools, the NBA and more.

You can listen to a podcast of the interview below, and we'll have more stories Wednesday morning on a couple of specific topics. Here are some of the other highlights.

PAC is Formed to Combat Influence of Teachers Unions on School Board Races

Kenny Colston — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:15:00 +0000

A newly-formed political action committee is hoping to influence school board races across the commonwealth, embarking on territory usually dominated by teachers unions.

For decades, education policy and school board races across the commonwealth have been aided solely by teachers unions giving campaign donations through political action committees.

But a new group has just been formed to combat that influence on school board races. The Bluegrass Fund was created last week by Louisville develop David Nicklies, according to statements filed with the IRS.