Tuesday, March 30, 2010

No charter schools stymies Kentucky's bid for stimulus funds

If Kentucky wants to successfully compete for the second round of Race to the Top stimulus funding, education experts say it should pass a charter school law.

“Stimulus or not, Kentucky should be adopting charter schools because it’s the right thing to do,” said Richard G. Innes, education analyst for the Bluegrass Institute, Kentucky’s free-market think tank.

The institute has led the effort to bring charter schools to Kentucky, which is one of only a few states without a charter law.

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