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Analysis

State Cuts to Education Continue to Deepen

Kentucky is one of 35 states in which inflation-adjusted per student state funding for K-12 education is lower this school...

Ashley Spalding | September 5, 2012

Analysis

Study Calls for New Approach to State Financial Aid

A new report by the Brookings Institution makes the case for overhauling state financial aid grant programs to focus on “students whose chances of enrolling and succeeding in college will...

Ashley Spalding | May 16, 2012

Analysis

Kentucky’s Adult Education Challenge

Education cannot solve all of our economic problems, as the many college-educated young people now unemployed and underemployed can attest. But low levels of educational attainment are an important reason...

Jason Bailey | April 30, 2012

Analysis

Budget Makes Education Goals Harder to Achieve with Cuts to Per-Student Funding

Kentucky has set high goals and taken great strides in improving educational achievement and degree attainment rates. However, the 2013-2014 state budget will make progress difficult over the next two...

Ashley Spalding | April 19, 2012

Analysis

The Benefits of Expanded Pre-School

In its final days of negotiating a new budget, a sticking point between the House and the Senate is whether to include new dollars for the expansion of pre-school. The...

Jason Bailey | March 28, 2012

Analysis

Budget Would Further Reduce College Affordability

The barriers to affordable higher education--especially for low-income Kentuckians--will continue to grow under a budget that cuts funding to postsecondary institutions and limits need-based financial aid. Budget Would Further Reduce...

Jason Bailey | January 25, 2012

Report

The College Affordability Crunch in Kentucky

A decade of state budget cuts in higher education, rising tuition, underfunded need-based financial aid and stagnating incomes are combining to make college less affordable in Kentucky. Student debt is...

Jason Bailey | November 2, 2011

Report

State Has Cut Education Funding Substantially from Pre-Recession Levels

The recession and weak recovery of the last few years have meant less revenue for the state budget, and the legislature has responded with cuts to many services. The state...

Jason Bailey | October 11, 2011

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Education News

1 Report: Canceling $50K Per Student Borrower Would Wipe Away $8.15B Debt for Kentuckians

2 Kentucky Tonight: School Choice in Kentucky

3 “Dismayed.” School Choice Bill Sent to Kentucky Governor Despite Strong Opposition

4 Lawmakers Could Do More to Make College Affordable, Report Finds

5 House Bill 149 Aims to Bring Education Opportunity Accounts to Kentucky

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The Experts

HB 563 Diverts Public School Dollars to Unaccountable Private Entities

Anna Baumann

Student Debt Forgiveness Would Benefit Hundreds of Thousands of Kentuckians, Help With Economic Recovery and Improve Race Equity

Ashley Spalding

Governor Should Veto Expensive, Poorly Targeted Tax Breaks for Remote Workers and Data Centers

Pam Thomas

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