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Not Without A Fight-Final Draft 14 June 2018, Richard E. Day
Not Without A Fight-Final Draft 14 June 2018, Richard E. Day
EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship
Public schooling for the children of the Cumberland Plateau in Southeastern Kentucky had historically lagged far behind the rest of the Commonwealth. Despite being surrounded by rich resources, poverty among the citizens reigned throughout the Appalachian region as proper facilities and qualified teachers were had to come by. Differences between poor country schools and their gleaming counterparts in the city were long noted but little was done to provide equity for rural students. It took a nine-year political fight and a Kentucky Supreme Court decision to reverse these conditions. This chapter chronicles the political battle which pitted a small group …
Education Reform In Kentucky: Just What The Court Ordered, Richard E. Day, Jo Ann Ewalt
Education Reform In Kentucky: Just What The Court Ordered, Richard E. Day, Jo Ann Ewalt
EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship
This chapter discusses primary- and secondary- education policy in Kentucky and the political and environmental forces that have led to significant policy changes over the years. The primary emphasis of our policy coverage is, first, an analysis of the political decision making that led to sweeping policy changes called for in the 1989 Kentucky Supreme Court decision in Rose v. Council for Better Education and implemented through the subsequent education- reform legislation, the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 (KERA).
Education Reform In Kentucky: Just What The Court Ordered, Richard E. Day, Joann Ewalt
Education Reform In Kentucky: Just What The Court Ordered, Richard E. Day, Joann Ewalt
EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship
This chapter discusses primary- and secondary- education policy in Kentucky and the political and environmental forces that have led to significant policy changes over the years. The primary emphasis of our policy coverage is, first, an analysis of the political decision making that led to sweeping policy changes called for in the 1989 Kentucky Supreme Court decision in Rose v. Council for Better Education and implemented through the subsequent education- reform legislation, the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 (KERA). Through these actions Kentucky completely overhauled its school finance system and its curricular and assessment processes. The second emphasis of …