Education

How Would the Performance Funding Proposal Impact Low-Income, Minority and Academically Underprepared Students?

We have previously written about how while a performance model could potentially promote success for all Kentucky students, depending on...

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Would Charter School Proposal Negatively Impact Funding of Kentucky’s Existing Public Schools?

One of the key questions about how charter school legislation would change education in Kentucky is how it would affect funding for traditional public schools. Looking at what has occurred in...

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How Criminal Justice Reform Would Help Kentucky Kids

Criminal justice reform is important not just for adults but also for children, as highlighted in a new report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). This link is especially relevant...

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Kentucky’s Performance Funding Design Should Work to Prevent Unintended Consequences Reported in Neighboring States

A new book by leading education policy researchers highlights some of the unintended consequences resulting from performance funding for higher education in three of Kentucky’s neighboring states — Indiana, Ohio...

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New Data Shows Kentucky Has Third-Highest Student Loan Default Rate for Second Consecutive Year

Data released today by the U.S. Department of Education shows Kentuckians leaving college with student loan debt are among the most likely to default nationwide. The state’s new default rate...

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New State Report Shows Little to No Progress on Achievement Gaps

The Council on Postsecondary Education’s latest accountability report, which was released yesterday, shows Kentucky has continued to make little to no progress on some important higher education measures. While the...

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Five Challenges Kentucky College Students Face in 2016

Kentucky college students face barriers and challenges as they begin a new academic year, some of which are worsening as a result of yet another round of state budget cuts...

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Kentucky’s Schools Face Funding Challenges as Kids Head Back to School

As kids return to school across the Commonwealth, they face continued frozen state funding that amounts to a reduction once inflation is taken into account. The lack of state funding...

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Infographic: Ky. Higher Ed Cuts Among Worst in the Country

Kentucky is continuing its tumble to the bottom as one of the worst states in funding cuts to higher education, a new report from the Center for Budget and Policy...

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Report Points Out Successes with Kentucky’s Preschool Program and Progress to be Made

Kentucky has made strides over the last few decades to expand access to quality public preschool. The recent State of Preschool 2015 report points out where Kentucky has made progress...

How Would the Performance Funding Proposal Impact Low-Income, Minority and Academically Underprepared Students?

Would Charter School Proposal Negatively Impact Funding of Kentucky’s Existing Public Schools?

How Criminal Justice Reform Would Help Kentucky Kids

Kentucky’s Performance Funding Design Should Work to Prevent Unintended Consequences Reported in Neighboring States

New Data Shows Kentucky Has Third-Highest Student Loan Default Rate for Second Consecutive Year

New State Report Shows Little to No Progress on Achievement Gaps

Five Challenges Kentucky College Students Face in 2016

Kentucky’s Schools Face Funding Challenges as Kids Head Back to School

Infographic: Ky. Higher Ed Cuts Among Worst in the Country

Report Points Out Successes with Kentucky’s Preschool Program and Progress to be Made

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