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Ending The Status Quo: Kentucky Parents Increasingly Choose Nonpublic Education Options, Gary Houchens Aug 2022

Ending The Status Quo: Kentucky Parents Increasingly Choose Nonpublic Education Options, Gary Houchens

Educational Administration, Leadership, and Research Faculty Publications

This research report documents enrollment trends for Kentucky students in nonpublic education (homeschooling and private schools) during the years 2017-2022. Using data from the Kentucky Department of Education, the analysis finds that nonpublic education participation has grown by more than 20,000 students during this time period to almost 100,000 students. This trend indicates a clear demand for more education options and policy makers should respond accordingly.


Operationalizing And Measuring Personalized Learning In K–12 Schools: The Development And Implementation Of An Innovation Configuration Map, Gary Houchens, Trudy Crossbourne, Jenni Redifer, Antony Norman, Jie Zhang Jan 2021

Operationalizing And Measuring Personalized Learning In K–12 Schools: The Development And Implementation Of An Innovation Configuration Map, Gary Houchens, Trudy Crossbourne, Jenni Redifer, Antony Norman, Jie Zhang

Educational Administration, Leadership, and Research Faculty Publications

In 2012, theIn 2012, the United States Department of Education announced the Race to the Top-District grants. One joint award was made to two large educational cooperatives in the same state that together represented 111 mostly rural schools in 22 districts. One of the grant’s identified four essential projects was the implementation of personalized learning. This article describes how the grant’s external evaluation team worked with grantee leadership and school districts to operationalize personalized learning and then develop and implement Innovation Configuration Maps to measure school-level personalized learning environments. Developmental steps, adoption processes, and preliminary school-level results are reported. United …