Longtime Kentucky public school administrator Richard Ratliff praised the Bluegrass Institute's new report series evaluating the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), which was signed into law by the late Gov. Wallace Wilkinson in 1990.
The report highlights KERA's many failed academic and testing experiments, including the failure of "fuzzy math" and "whole language reading" to bring acceptable change to the performance of Kentucky students in key academic areas.
“Experienced, effective teachers were commenting on these issues and warning us 20 years ago,” said Richard Ratliff, a retired Kentucky educator who spent 28 years in the system, including 14 years as a district superintendent. “Those who would speak out against KERA were discouraged and sometimes even intimidated by Frankfort from doing so. But I think this report might bring those willing to speak up out in the open again.”
Read more of Ratliff's comments in Jim Waters' coverage of the KERA report in the latest edition of the Heartland Institute's "School Reform News," a nationwide publication.
The report highlights KERA's many failed academic and testing experiments, including the failure of "fuzzy math" and "whole language reading" to bring acceptable change to the performance of Kentucky students in key academic areas.
“Experienced, effective teachers were commenting on these issues and warning us 20 years ago,” said Richard Ratliff, a retired Kentucky educator who spent 28 years in the system, including 14 years as a district superintendent. “Those who would speak out against KERA were discouraged and sometimes even intimidated by Frankfort from doing so. But I think this report might bring those willing to speak up out in the open again.”
Read more of Ratliff's comments in Jim Waters' coverage of the KERA report in the latest edition of the Heartland Institute's "School Reform News," a nationwide publication.
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It's encouraging to hear educator Richard Ratliff speak out forthrightly and honestly about what has, or has not, happened in Kentucky since KERA was enacted. We need more like him to stand up and insure that the new Senate Bill 1 efforts don't get derailed by the same failed education ideas.
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