tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468664660833170893.post8937851107073981581..comments2024-01-08T14:53:19.838-05:00Comments on Bluegrass Policy Blog: New PLAN test results show white black gaps widening in KentuckyKelly Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17249335217299732224noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468664660833170893.post-63497084848683328182010-03-12T09:43:59.391-05:002010-03-12T09:43:59.391-05:00Nice brief and this enter helped me alot in my col...Nice brief and this enter helped me alot in my college assignement. Thanks you as your information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468664660833170893.post-72352419859130384722010-03-03T20:01:39.295-05:002010-03-03T20:01:39.295-05:00RE: Anonymous Mar 2 at 3:51PM
Taming violence is ...RE: Anonymous Mar 2 at 3:51PM<br /><br />Taming violence is certainly important, but we won't cure poverty until we improve the education levels for our all of our students. <br /><br />By the way, success is happening in other parts of the country where charter schools, for one great example, are demonstrating outstanding ability to control the school setting and improve the academic performance of children of color.<br /><br />Sadly, Kentucky's educators fight charter schools tooth and nail while offering little else that seems to work for our blacks. <br /><br />Thus the increases in the performance gaps shown on the graph in the main blog are particularly troubling. The trends should be going in the opposite direction.<br /><br />And, if you check my new post for March 3 on the time it will take to get our kids to good levels of performance on the PLAN assessment, you will see our black students face a real crisis if something dramatic doesn't happen.Richard Innesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468664660833170893.post-19021820352605508562010-03-02T15:51:22.316-05:002010-03-02T15:51:22.316-05:00I haven't had a chance to read the Herald Lead...I haven't had a chance to read the Herald Leader article but I think it's important to consider where these facts are coming from. For starters if there is a gap between white and black students, is it general, regional, etc? It is well known that more African American live in poverty than White Americans. It is also well known that with increased poverty we find decreased education. I'm just putting a possible two and two together here, there are likely many reasons and solutions to this problem but helping tame violence and curb poverty throughout KY, rural and urban, may be a good starting point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com