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First In Reform: The Adoption Of Common Core State Standards In Kentucky, Richard E. Day Dec 2012

First In Reform: The Adoption Of Common Core State Standards In Kentucky, Richard E. Day

Richard E. Day

On February 11, 2010, in an unprecedented joint meeting, the chairs of the Kentucky Board of Education, the Council on Postsecondary Education, and the Education Professional Standards Board signed a resolution directing their respective agencies to implement the Common Core State Standards in English/language arts and mathematics. This act formalized Kentucky’s commitment to integrate the nascent standards into the state’s public education system – the first state to do so. This article will trace the antecedents to Kentucky’s adoption of the standards as one expression of the late 20th century/early 21st century “corporate school reform movement” as manifested in the …


Education Reform In Kentucky: Just What The Court Ordered, Richard E. Day, Jo Ann G. Ewalt Dec 2012

Education Reform In Kentucky: Just What The Court Ordered, Richard E. Day, Jo Ann G. Ewalt

Richard E. Day

No abstract provided.


Bert Combs And The Council For Better Education: Catalysts For School Reform, Richard E. Day Dec 2010

Bert Combs And The Council For Better Education: Catalysts For School Reform, Richard E. Day

Richard E. Day

A history of the beginnings of the Council for Better Education and their successful litigation, Rose v Council for Better Education. The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, published continuously since 1903, is among the oldest historical journals in America but continues to provide fresh perspectives on the history of Kentucky and its people. The Register includes the work of leading scholars on the commonwealth but is widely accessible to general readers interested in Kentucky history. Published quarterly, it is a benefit of Kentucky Historical Society membership. Leading scholars whose articles have appeared in the Register include James A. Ramage, …


Each Child, Every Child., Richard E. Day Jul 2010

Each Child, Every Child., Richard E. Day

Richard E. Day

Dr Day was was invited to present at a peer-reviewed international symposium on education reform. This presentation puts the struggle for adequately funded public schools into an historical context, focusing on the Kentucky Supreme Court’s decision in Rose v. Council for Better Education.


Lowering State's Educatioon Standards A Bad Idea, Richard E. Day Jan 2007

Lowering State's Educatioon Standards A Bad Idea, Richard E. Day

Richard E. Day

Low expectations are much worse than high expectations. Low expectations are a recipe for low performance. For a principal, low expectations remove the need for results. For a teacher, it is an invitation to ease up and allow a certain percentage of hard-to-teach students to fail; and students always do better when teachers really try. Motivation is important in any human endeavor, and that includes teaching. What gets inspected gets respected. Reasonable accountability systems, applied humanely, give the public useful information about the performance of schools without harming children in the process. In its present form, NCLB is not that …


Appendix A: Primary Sources, Richard E. Day Dec 2002

Appendix A: Primary Sources, Richard E. Day

Richard E. Day

Primary Sources


0.1_Introductory Material 1, Richard E. Day Dec 2002

0.1_Introductory Material 1, Richard E. Day

Richard E. Day

Title pages


Appendix F: Council Finances, Richard E. Day Dec 2002

Appendix F: Council Finances, Richard E. Day

Richard E. Day

No abstract provided.


Appendix H: Council Membership Chronological, Richard E. Day Dec 2002

Appendix H: Council Membership Chronological, Richard E. Day

Richard E. Day

No abstract provided.


Appendix G: Council Membership By District, Richard E. Day Dec 2002

Appendix G: Council Membership By District, Richard E. Day

Richard E. Day

Council Membership by District


Appendix I: Cases Related To School Finance And Equity, Richard E. Day Dec 2002

Appendix I: Cases Related To School Finance And Equity, Richard E. Day

Richard E. Day

No abstract provided.


Appendix D: Council Documents, Richard E. Day Dec 2002

Appendix D: Council Documents, Richard E. Day

Richard E. Day

List of Council Documents reviewed


Appendix B: Bibliography, Richard E. Day Dec 2002

Appendix B: Bibliography, Richard E. Day

Richard E. Day

Bibliography


0.2_Introductory Material 2, Richard E. Day Dec 2002

0.2_Introductory Material 2, Richard E. Day

Richard E. Day

Acknowledgements, Table of Contents, List of Figures, Note ot Readers


Appendix C: Council For Better Education: Chronology Of Events, Richard E. Day Dec 2002

Appendix C: Council For Better Education: Chronology Of Events, Richard E. Day

Richard E. Day

Council for Better Education: Chronology of Events


Appendix E: Council Expenses, Richard E. Day Dec 2002

Appendix E: Council Expenses, Richard E. Day

Richard E. Day

No abstract provided.