http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/24/school-choice-week-highlights-lack-of-freedom-for-kentucky-parents-urgent-need-for-education-reform/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/24/school-choice-week-highlights-lack-of-freedom-for-kentucky-parents-urgent-need-for-education-reform/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:04:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=93133 Bluegrass Institute: "Unfortunately, there’s not much to celebrate in Kentucky, one of only a handful of states without public charter schools. So far, the bosses who run the teachers unions have succeeded in strangling efforts by parents and conscientious legislators to secure for Kentucky parents the freedom to send their children to the public school that best fits their individual needs." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/24/school-choice-week-highlights-lack-of-freedom-for-kentucky-parents-urgent-need-for-education-reform/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/ky-senate-passes-historic-charter-school-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/ky-senate-passes-historic-charter-school-bill/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:41:59 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90606 Bluegrass Policy Blog: "In a historic vote, the Kentucky Senate approved legislation on January 7, 2011 to create charter schools in Kentucky. This historic event marks the first time charter school legislation has met the approval of either chamber of the Kentucky Legislature. It is an important step forward in an effort long supported by the Bluegrass Institute to provide the commonwealth’s students and parents more educational options and control." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/10/ky-senate-passes-historic-charter-school-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/09/ky-charter-schools-get-hearing-in-frankfort/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/09/ky-charter-schools-get-hearing-in-frankfort/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:08:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/09/ky-charter-schools-get-hearing-in-frankfort/ Bluegrass Policy Institute: "School choice supporters told state lawmakers today that charter schools offer the kind of innovation that could bring true reform to Kentucky’s education system." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/09/ky-charter-schools-get-hearing-in-frankfort/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/09/kentucky-lawmakers-invited-to-visit-charter-school/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/09/kentucky-lawmakers-invited-to-visit-charter-school/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:31:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/04/09/kentucky-lawmakers-invited-to-visit-charter-school/ Bluegrass Institute: "Kentucky lawmakers are being invited to see public charter schools in action. Rep. Brad Montell, R-Shelbyville, recently sent a letter to all state legislators inviting them to tour a public charter school in Indianapolis on Tuesday, the day before the state House can consider charter-school legislation already approved by the Senate.The trip is being funded by Phil Moffett, a Bluegrass Institute board member and co-founder of School CHOICE Scholarships in Louisville . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/09/kentucky-lawmakers-invited-to-visit-charter-school/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/20/freedomkentucky-org-to-offer-legislative-updates/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/20/freedomkentucky-org-to-offer-legislative-updates/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:49:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=49067 Bluegrass Institute: "Want to follow what state lawmakers are doing to improve education, pass a balanced budget, lower taxes, modernize labor policy, stand up for Kentuckians against Washington’s health care push and close the gap on public pensions? It’s as close as the click of your mouse at www.freedomkentucky.org, the Bluegrass Institute’s one-stop public policy information shop." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/20/freedomkentucky-org-to-offer-legislative-updates/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/29/a-better-%e2%80%98tale%e2%80%99-than-tiger%e2%80%99s-pensions-for-part-time-legislators-must-stop/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/29/a-better-%e2%80%98tale%e2%80%99-than-tiger%e2%80%99s-pensions-for-part-time-legislators-must-stop/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:00:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=46455 Bluegrass Institute: "What other part-time worker do you know that gets a fully funded pension financed by taxpayers, especially after just 20 years?" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/29/a-better-%e2%80%98tale%e2%80%99-than-tiger%e2%80%99s-pensions-for-part-time-legislators-must-stop/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/17/no-kentucky-charter-school-law-it%e2%80%99s-not-fair/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/17/no-kentucky-charter-school-law-it%e2%80%99s-not-fair/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:12:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=45589 Bluegrass Institute: "In 2008, more than 10,000 students were trapped in Kentucky’s 34 Tier 5 schools – schools failing to make adequate progress for at least six years." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/17/no-kentucky-charter-school-law-it%e2%80%99s-not-fair/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/02/d-c-mother-activist-to-lead-louisville-rally-for-education-reform-school-choice/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/02/d-c-mother-activist-to-lead-louisville-rally-for-education-reform-school-choice/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:15:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=41027 Bluegrass Institute: "As a single mother of three children, nationally known activist Virginia Walden Ford led an overwhelmingly successful grassroots movement to bring school choice to Washington, D.C. Ford brings her message that 'parents deserve a choice so kids can have a chance' to Louisville this Friday." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/02/d-c-mother-activist-to-lead-louisville-rally-for-education-reform-school-choice/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/19/absence-of-charter-schools-could-leave-ky-behind-in-race-for-stimulus-funding/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/19/absence-of-charter-schools-could-leave-ky-behind-in-race-for-stimulus-funding/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:19:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=39344 Bluegrass Institute: “This is about giving the neediest children in our community a chance to get the education they need in order to get a job, support a family and compete in the 21st century global marketplace,” said Pastor Jerry L. Stephenson, minister of the Midwest Church of Christ and chairman of the Kentucky Education Restoration Alliance (KERA). “This is not about destroying public schools. It’s about making them better. It’s about ensuring our children get the best education possible.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/19/absence-of-charter-schools-could-leave-ky-behind-in-race-for-stimulus-funding/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/22/charter-schools-needed-would-thrive-in-kentucky/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/22/charter-schools-needed-would-thrive-in-kentucky/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:58:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=36752 Bluegrass Institute: "Even though Kentucky is one of 10 states without a charter-school law, the current situation indicates that charters would be popular with Kentuckians and would help improve education in the commonwealth." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/22/charter-schools-needed-would-thrive-in-kentucky/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/04/kentucky-school-choice-would-bring-quality-%e2%80%94-and-accountability/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/04/kentucky-school-choice-would-bring-quality-%e2%80%94-and-accountability/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:40:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=35266 Bluegrass Institute: "For the first time in history, lawmakers and education officials in Frankfort indicate they are considering charter schools as an alternative for Kentucky students mired in failing schools — and that’s a lot of students." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/04/kentucky-school-choice-would-bring-quality-%e2%80%94-and-accountability/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/27/%e2%80%98mental-bailout%e2%80%99-costly-for-needy-children/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/27/%e2%80%98mental-bailout%e2%80%99-costly-for-needy-children/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:26:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=19652 writing at the Bluegrass Institute: "It’s no surprise that powerful teacher unions succeeded in using the $410 billion federal spending bill to kill a voucher program that allows 1,700 students from low-income homes in Washington, D.C., to attend private schools through the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program. Political power – not students’ educational needs – remains the top priority of labor bosses. These “anti-school choice” unions desperately want to squelch D.C. Opportunity before a federal evaluation of it comes out in June." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/03/27/%e2%80%98mental-bailout%e2%80%99-costly-for-needy-children/feed/ 0