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9/5/22

End practice of using sick-day benefit to spike pensions

8/1/22

Inflation no reason to lose ground on pension progress

6/26/21

Sick leave reform estimated to save taxpayers $50 million per year

4/23/20

Why no seat for taxpayers on new pension board?

10/8/19

Bluegrass Institute commends progress toward increased KRS investment transparency

11/5/18

Bluegrass Institute applauds 'heroes of transparency'

8/23/22

Pension spiking problems persist

11/21/21

Reform current pension benefits, ensure systems' future survival

6/9/21

Next steps: More must be done to stabilize teachers' retirement system

1/19/20

Bluegrass Beacon: Pension contract inviolable, not inflexible

2/21/19

News Release: Pension legislation reflects Bluegrass Institute's paradigm regarding future – but not past – benefits

4/17/18

Bluegrass Beacon: Pension class is in session

8/1/22

Pension reform: Will past performance be the best predictor of future behavior?

10/1/21

Pension-surplus funds not meant to be spent on higher benefits

2/8/21

BIPPS pension reform ideas move forward in the General Assembly

12/2/19

Beshear should end pension spiking for legislators who join his team

2/8/19

Pension spiking for part-time legislators

10/31/24

Setting the record straight on educational choice in Arizona

9/4/24

WATCH Voice for Change: Dr. Jerry Stephenson on Amendment 2, empowering parents

6/12/24

Amendment 2 takes ‘handcuffs’ off legislators

3/21/23

Common Core state tests don’t produce “common” results

1/2/23

Here's the rest of the high school graduation rate story

11/15/22

More on how teaching reading properly works for students

10/29/22

What happened to Kentucky’s NAEP achievement gaps for reading?

10/19/22

Report: Don’t shoot the messenger! Heed NAEP’s message about Kentucky’s education performance

8/18/22

No – Poverty doesn’t excuse low school performance

5/23/22

Quote of the Day – PLUS – Why US students test low on international tests

4/4/22

Who says charter schools don’t perform? Take a look at a New York City story!

1/25/22

Why Kentucky Needs School Choice #2 – High Charter School Enrollment States and Grade 4 Math

1/13/22

Time to get serious about Kentucky’s reading instruction problem – 2

1/10/22

Kentucky needs to rework school based decision making - 1

10/13/21

ACT indicates many fewer Kentucky students prepared for college

2/4/20

Since many missed it — Kentucky education can’t say thank goodness for Mississippi anymore!

12/9/19

Some more food for thought on the Mississippi NAEP situation

10/31/19

New NAEP shows charter schools in Atlanta make difference for black students, and it’s getting better!

3/4/19

Kentuckians being warned about education in Arizona – Really???!!!

7/18/18

Educators complain about education spending, but do they even know how much they’re getting?

4/10/18

White minus Black score gaps on NAEP Grade 4 Math widen in Jefferson County

What Amendment 2 won’t do, opponents ignore

More on the grading issues in Kentucky’s schools

10/30/24

Bluegrass Institute Releases Videos on Amendment 2

8/27/24

School Choice and Competition Lead to Higher Teacher Pay

6/10/24

Amendment 2: A constitutional ‘bush hog' clearing the way for education freedom

2/20/23

About Kentucky’s teacher “CRISIS”

12/14/22

You can’t make good decisions with the wrong data

11/1/22

Jefferson County’s NAEP performance – Grade 4 math

10/28/22

My first surprise in the new NAEP results – And, it isn’t scores

10/18/22

Surprise in the new Kentucky Grade 11 ACT test results

6/17/22

You won’t fix Kentucky’s reading problems by looking at the wrong ‘stuff’

5/9/22

Oh, My! Blacks in Georgia's Charter Schools Now Tie Kentucky's White Students in Math and Reading!

1/28/22

Why Kentucky Needs School Choice #4 – High Charter School Enrollment States and Grade 8 Math

1/21/22

Kentucky needs to rework school based decision making - 3 – Parents don’t care

1/12/22

Time to get serious about Kentucky’s reading instruction problem - 1

1/6/22

No Kentucky, our education system has not made that much progress

10/1/21

About Kentucky’s just released school system test results for 2021

1/22/20

Like I said, Parents are getting even less interested in school councils

11/2/19

Kentucky education can’t say thank goodness for Mississippi anymore!

5/25/19

School-Based Decision-Making (SBDM) and Kentucky’s proposed social studies standards

11/29/18

Can it be even the Kentucky’s Legislature doesn’t value state’s high school diplomas – More information

5/8/18

Jefferson County’s NAEP performance – some of the rest of the story

2/19/18

Why do our schools consistently avoid the most successful teaching approach of all?

Shortchanging the taxpayer on the full information

Parents getting even less interested in Kentucky’s school councils

9/26/24

Why homeschooling families should support school choice

8/23/24

Bluegrass Institute research cited in WSJ editorial on Amendment 2

6/23/23

The story about improvement in reading in Mississippi continues to get better

1/20/23

Wow! Hispanic students in Florida’s charter schools have eliminated their achievement gap with Kentucky’s white students

11/30/22

KIDS need to be in-person at school , 2022 KENTUCKY school testing results show it

10/31/22

Jefferson County’s NAEP performance – Grade 4 reading

10/27/22

More on the top-performing Kentucky school districts in 2022 Grade 11 ACT testing

9/4/22

Quote of the Day – PLUS – New NAEP results show the negative impacts of the Pandemic

6/1/22

Kentucky’s embarrassing public school social studies standards get even more embarrassing

4/25/22

Reading instruction in Kentucky, bad news and good

1/27/22

Why Kentucky Needs School Choice #3 – High Charter School Enrollment States and Grade 8 Reading

1/21/22

If you get reading right, other subjects can get better, too

1/11/22

Kentucky's school based decision making - 2 - Some background

12/6/21

Will obstruction of better reading instruction continue in Kentucky?

9/30/20

Bluegrass Institute supports former state education board members' request to recall, revise social studies standards

1/10/20

Getting critical thinking wrong

11/1/19

New NAEP shows charter schools in Cleveland also outperforming

3/14/19

Reading Wars Update – Part 2

9/25/18

Which Kentucky education funding source – local, state or federal – saw the largest increase between 2008 and 2017?

4/12/18

When will Kentucky get actionable school financial data to comply with its constitution?

4/29/12

Reading war re-igniting?

Blogs about Mississippi since 2019

8/26/23

More for taxpayers means more for government, too

9/21/22

Best practices for a better Kentucky: More work, less welfare

1/14/22

Tis the season for true tax reform

8/23/23

BIPPS @ the Table: CON laws interfere with competition, 'impedes entry of additional providers into markets'

5/17/22

Kentucky's big move in the Rainy Day Fund rankings

12/1/20

Report: Economic freedom best path to make Kentucky competitive again

1/13/23

State of the Commonwealth: Getting stronger due to free-market policies, not gubernatorial politics

4/8/22

Bolstered reserves, lower tax burden increase Kentucky’s competitiveness

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