Saturday, June 27, 2009

WFPL not sure US Ed Secretary will buy Kentucky Site Base School Council nonsense

Kentucky’s governor and its Secretary Of Education Helen Mountjoy are trying to convince the US Secretary of Education that Kentucky’s School Based Decision Making Councils are a suitable alternative to the charter schools the federal official favors.

But, WFPL radio knows that is anything but a done deal.

2 comments:

Richard Day said...

The Ed Sec isn't buying it.
http://theprincipal.blogspot.com/2009/06/governor-not-pushing-charters-at-this.html

Richard Innes said...

Richard,

It will be interesting to see if Kentucky gets any second tier money without doing something to start charters. I think Secretary Duncan would open himself to criticism for not sticking to his guns if he gives Kentucky a bye on this.

And, as the main blog item points out, there is no guarantee for Kentucky if they take this gamble.