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Analysis

Average Kentucky Teacher Pay Fell More Than 5% This Year, When Adjusted for Inflation

The modest raises provided by most districts this school year were not enough for average teacher pay to keep up...

Dustin Pugel | December 6, 2022

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Op-Ed

Sending Public Money to Private Schools Breaks Kentucky’s Commitment to Students

Ample public investment in K-12 education is essential for Kentucky’s children to thrive. But instead of committing to funding the many different components of successful public schools, including skilled teachers,...

Pam Thomas | October 25, 2022

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Analysis

Most Kentucky Teachers and School Staff Start Year Without Meaningful Raises

Stagnant salaries are contributing to a growing teacher shortage in Kentucky and across the nation, as the school year begins in many areas of the state. An inadequate number of...

Ashley Spalding, Dustin Pugel and Pam Thomas | August 10, 2022

Op-Ed

Public Resources Should Stay in Public Schools

All Kentucky children should receive a high-quality education that helps them thrive. Because such an education requires skilled teachers, up-to-date instructional materials, non-academic supports, safe learning environments, strong administrators and...

Pam Thomas | July 1, 2022

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Analysis

What Kentuckians Say About Student Loan Cancellation

Nearly one in five Kentucky adults has federal student loan debt. For these 616,000 Kentuckians and our state as a whole, debt cancellation, as is currently being considered by the...

Ashley Spalding | May 27, 2022

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Op-Ed

Cancel Student Debt, and Recommit to Education as a Public Good

President Biden’s recent statements that he will cancel some student loan debt is hopeful news for the 616,000 Kentuckians who owe it, our communities and economy. It will also be...

Jason Bailey | May 17, 2022

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Analysis

Charter School Funding Proposal Is Inefficient, Costly and Will Harm Public Education

Legislation introduced in the Kentucky House would create a duplicative, wasteful and unaccountable system for authorizing and funding charter schools that runs counter to the characteristics of an efficient system...

Pam Thomas | March 11, 2022

Teacher Pay Has Fallen in Nearly Every KY County

Analysis

State Funding for Education Has Been Stagnant for Many Years, But the 2022-2024 Budget Presents a Unique Opportunity to Begin Reinvesting

In 1991, following a Kentucky Supreme Court decision finding that Kentucky’s system of funding education was unconstitutional, the Kentucky General Assembly responded by increasing taxes to begin reinvesting in Kentucky’s...

Pam Thomas, Ashley Spalding and Dustin Pugel | February 14, 2022

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Analysis

3 Ways New Legislation Would Make Kentucky’s Unconstitutional Voucher Program Even Worse

During the 2021 Kentucky General Assembly — as public school advocates were prevented from being in the Capitol by the COVID pandemic — lawmakers passed legislation to fund private schools...

Anna Baumann and Pam Thomas | January 19, 2022

Funding Gap Between Wealthy and Poor School Districts in Kentucky

Analysis

School Funding Task Force Recommendations Include Steps Toward Adequacy and Equity

In 2021, the Kentucky General Assembly created a School Funding Task Force to meet in the interim to review funding for K-12 education in Kentucky and other states and identify...

Ashley Spalding, Anna Baumann and Pam Thomas | November 12, 2021

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Education News

1 Protect Our Schools KY Launches to Defeat Voucher Amendment

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2 Statement: Student Debt Cancellation Will Help Hundreds of Thousands of Kentuckians

3 Nearly Three Quarters of Ky. Teachers Are at Risk of Leaving the Profession, Top Ed Official Says

4 Kentucky Drops in National Rankings for Teacher Pay, Student Spending

5 Borrowers Fear Balancing Inflation and Student Loan Payments

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The Experts

Income Tax Cuts Will Widen Inequality in Kentucky

Anna Baumann

Federal Funding Cuts to Medicaid and Public Health Will Worsen Kentucky’s Opioid Crisis

Ashley Spalding

Children in the Balance: Kentucky Reforms Successfully Diverted More Kids from Detention, but Now Those Gains Are at Risk

Pam Thomas

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