Articles

A Persistent Quandary: The Rural School Improvement Project, 1953-1957 (with Lindsey N. DeVries), The Register of The Kentucky Historical Society (2013)

Berea College's Rural School Improvement Project worked directly with more than 5,000 children and 63...

 

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A Southern Progressive: M. A. Cassidy and the Lexington Schools, 1886-1928 (with Lindsey N. DeVries), American Educational History Journal (2012)

The 42-year career of M. A. Cassidy exemplifies the transition of public school leadership in...

 

Berea College-Coeducationally and Racially Integrated: An Unlikely Contingency in the 1850s, In press at the Journal of Negro Education (2012)

In this paper we consider the anti-slavery ministry of Rev. John G. Fee and the...

 

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Bert Combs and the Council for Better Education: Catalysts for School Reform, The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society (2011)

A history of the beginnings of the Council for Better Education and their successful litigation,...

 

The Council for Better Education and School Reform in Kentucky, 6th International Symposium on School Reform (2010)

The landmark Kentucky Supreme Court decision in Rose v. Council for Better Education is a...

 

Books and Contributions to Books

Education Reform in Kentucky: Just What the Court Ordered (with Jo Ann G. Ewalt), Taking Kentucky Politics Seriously: Government, Politics, and Policymaking in the Bluegrass (2013)
 

Presenting Live in South Africa - From My Family Room, It Works For Me as a Scholar/Researcher (2010)

How collegiality and new technologies permitted me to present at the International Symposium on School...

 

Why Is It So Darn Hard to Get That Article Pushed Out the Door? (with Jeanette Lovern), It Works For Me: Becoming a Publishing Scholar/Researcher (2010)

An exploration of a scholarly support group for professors at Eastern Kentucky University.

 

The Nexus of Theory and Practice, It works for Me as a Scholar-Teacher (2008)

I argued that the practice of blogging fits Ernest Boyer’s broadened vision of scholarship. It...

 

For the Good of the Group: Personal Feelings, SBM and the Principal., School-based Management (1990)

Tips for school administrators implementing school-based management.

 

Dissertation

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0.1_Introductory Material 1, Richard E. Day. "Each Child, Every Child: The story of the Council for Better Education, Equity and Adequacy in Kentucky Schools" Printed by the Council for Better Education Jan. 2003. (2003)

Title pages

 

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0.2_Introductory Material 2, Richard E. Day. "Each Child, Every Child: The story of the Council for Better Education, Equity and Adequacy in Kentucky Schools" Printed by the Council for Better Education Jan. 2003. (2003)

Acknowledgements, Table of Contents, List of Figures, Note ot Readers

 

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1.0_ Each Child, Every Child: The story of the Council for Better Education, Equity and Adequacy in Kentucky Schools, Printed by the Council for Better Education (2003)

Dr Day's nationally recognized 2003 dissertation on the antecedents to late twentieth century school reform...

 

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Appendix A: Primary Sources, Richard E. Day. "Each Child, Every Child: The story of the Council for Better Education, Equity and Adequacy in Kentucky Schools" Printed by the Council for Better Education Jan. 2003. (2003)

Primary Sources

 

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Appendix B: Bibliography, Richard E. Day. "Each Child, Every Child: The story of the Council for Better Education, Equity and Adequacy in Kentucky Schools" Printed by the Council for Better Education Jan. 2003. (2003)

Bibliography

 

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Appendix C: Council for Better Education: Chronology of Events, Richard E. Day. "Each Child, Every Child: The story of the Council for Better Education, Equity and Adequacy in Kentucky Schools" Printed by the Council for Better Education Jan. 2003. (2003)

Council for Better Education: Chronology of Events

 

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Appendix D: Council Documents, Richard E. Day. "Each Child, Every Child: The story of the Council for Better Education, Equity and Adequacy in Kentucky Schools" Printed by the Council for Better Education Jan. 2003. (2003)

List of Council Documents reviewed

 

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Appendix E: Council Expenses, Richard E. Day. "Each Child, Every Child: The story of the Council for Better Education, Equity and Adequacy in Kentucky Schools" Printed by the Council for Better Education Jan. 2003. (2003)
 

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Appendix F: Council Finances, Richard E. Day. "Each Child, Every Child: The story of the Council for Better Education, Equity and Adequacy in Kentucky Schools" Printed by the Council for Better Education Jan. 2003. (2003)
 

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Appendix G: Council Membership by District, Richard E. Day. "Each Child, Every Child: The story of the Council for Better Education, Equity and Adequacy in Kentucky Schools" Printed by the Council for Better Education Jan. 2003. (2003)

Council Membership by District

 

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Appendix H: Council Membership Chronological, Richard E. Day. "Each Child, Every Child: The story of the Council for Better Education, Equity and Adequacy in Kentucky Schools" Printed by the Council for Better Education Jan. 2003. (2003)
 

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Appendix I: Cases related to School Finance and Equity, Richard E. Day. "Each Child, Every Child: The story of the Council for Better Education, Equity and Adequacy in Kentucky Schools" Printed by the Council for Better Education Jan. 2003. (2003)
 

Oral History Interviews

An Interview with Bob Sexton (2010)

This was the first in a planned series of six interviews with the Executive Director...

 

An Interview with Elaine Farris (2009)

An interview with Kentucky's first African American school superintendent.

 

An Interview with Carolyn Witt Jones (2001)

An interview with educator Carolyn Witt Jones the Executive Director of the Partnership for Kentucky...

 

An Interview with Steve Kay (2001)

An interview with Steve Kay who facilitated the Education Coalition. The coalition was a group...

 

An interview with Jack Moreland #3 (1993)

An interview with Dayton Independent School District Superintendent Jack Moreland. Moreland served as President of...

 

An Interview with James Young (1993)

An interview with Council for Better Education member Superintendent James Young.

 

An Interview with Arnold Guess (1991)

Arnold Guess was the former finance expert with the Kentucky Department of Education who served...

 

An Interview with Debra Dawahare (1991)

An interview with plaintiff's co-counsel Debra Dawahare. Dawahare did most of the legal work on...

 

An Interview with Bert Combs, #2 (1990)

The second of two interviews with former Kentucky Governor and former federal judge Bert Combs....

 

Interview with Bert Combs #1 (1990)

The first of two interviews with former Kentucky Governor and former federal judge Bert Combs....

 

Interview with Jack Moreland #2 (1990)

An interview with Dayton Independent School District Superintendent Jack Moreland. Moreland served as President of...

 

An Interview with Frank Hatfield (1990)

An interview with Superintendent Frank Hatfield, the first President of the Council for Better Education.

 

An Interview with James Melton (1990)

An interview with James Melton, a former finance expert with the Kentucky Department of Education...

 

An Interview with Raymond Corns (1990)

As Franklin County Circuit Court Judge Raymond Corns ruled that Kentucky's system of schools was...

 

An Interview with Steve Towler (1990)

An interview with Council for Better Education member Superintendent Steve Towler.

 

An Interview with Jack Moreland #1 (1989)

An interview with Dayton Independent School District Superintendent Jack Moreland. Moreland served as President of...

 

Presentations

The Kentucky Case: A Transition Point in the National Struggle for Equitable and Adequate Schools, Organization of Educational Historians (2011)

Using historical and legal resources, this study uses the Kentucky Case, Rose v Council for...

 

Teachers Standing Against Bullying, Kentucky Education Association - Student Program, Student Assembly (2011)

Bullying is a serious problem in schools; one that impacts all children — those who...

 

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M A Cassidy: A Man and His School, 75th Anniversary and Rededication of M A Cassidy School (2010)

Emerging research on M A Cassidy, Lexington's progressive era school leader.

 

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EduBlogging: Voice and Authority, Kentucky Association of Teacher Educators (2010)

Always thought-provoking and sometimes controversial, Dr Richard Day writes about the news, policy and politics...

 

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Each Child, Every Child., 6th International Symposium on Educational Reform: Effective Schools in Effective Systems (2010)

Dr Day was was invited to present at a peer-reviewed international symposium on education reform....

 

The LEAF Fellows Program: Multidisciplinary Seeds Enhance Teaching and Learning and Engage P-12 Teachers (with Chris Daniel, Jayne Violette, Dorie Z. Combs, and Sorocco Zaragosa), AdvancED (2010)

Presentation on the LEAF Incubator classroom at EKU.

 

Unpublished Papers

Working Title - By Ohio's Sparkling Waters: An Early History of Schooling in Ludlow, Kentucky. (2011)

Events Impacting early schooling in Ludlow, Kentucky.