Kentucky Governor Vetoes Voucher Bill and Pension Bill
Democrat Andy Beshear vetoed school bills passed by the Republican-dominated legislature of Kentucky. Beshear campaigned as a friend of public schools, and he came through...
Category : Kentucky
Kentucky: Educators Dismayed by Rushed Voucher Bill
Educators in Kentucky expressed their opposition to the voucher legislation that was rushed through the Legislature without careful deliberation of its likely negative impact on...
Bad News in Kentucky: Legislature Passes Voucher Bill
Kentucky Republican legislators passed a voucher bill, which now goes to Democratic Governor Andy Bashear. The Governor will likely veto the bill, but the legislature...
Kentucky: Legislature Passes Voucher Bill
The Kentucky legislature, controlled by Republicans, passed voucher legislation. The Governor, Democrat Andy Bashear, seems certain to veto it. Linda Blackford of the Lexington Herald-Leader...
Randy Wieck: A Drive-By Looting of Pension Funds in Kentucky
Kentucky teacher and activist Randy Wieck writes on Fred Klonsky’s blog about the renewal of the Republican legislators’ efforts to raid teachers’ pension funds in...
Betsy DeVos Tells Kentucky That Now is the Time for Charters and Vouchers
Betsy DeVos traveled to Kentucky to sell her used goods (schmattes is the Yiddish term): charter schools and vouchers. For DeVos, a pandemic is the...
Julian Vasquez Heilig on Community-Based Schooling
I recently had a conversation with Julian Vasquez Heilig, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Heilig discusses his...
Help Amy McGrath Defeat Mitch McConnell! Save America from the Grim Reaper!
Mitch McConnell is a national menace. He wants states to declare bankruptcy and break all their pension contracts. He brags about being “the Grim Reaper,”...
Mitch McConnell to Kentucky and Other States: Drop Dead!
Mitch McConnell, Senator from Kentucky, says that the federal government should let the states go bankrupt. This would destroy the pensions and health insurance of...
Kentucky: Rightwing Extremists Want to Defund Our Public Schools
Linda Blackford, columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader, describes the long-standing extremist goal of privatizing public schools and shows how Republican legislators are determined to introduce...