Interview with Eugene S. Binion, June 20, 1990
Project: History of Education in Kentucky: Education Reform Oral History Project
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Eugene Binion was the Superintendent of the Elliott County Kentucky Public School System. He discusses attending a one-room schoolhouse as a child, attending Morehead State University, and transitioning from teacher to administrator. Binion also touches on the Council for Better Education, and his participation as one of 66 school districts which filed suit against the State of Kentucky which resulted in the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 (KERA).Interview Accession
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Binion, Eugene S. Binion, Eugene S.--Interviews Education Education--Finance--Kentucky Education--History Education--Kentucky Educational change Educational development Educational equalization Educational law and legislation--Kentucky Elliott County (Ky.) Rural schools--Kentucky United States--Trials, litigation, etc.Interview Rights
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Binion, Eugene S. Interview by William H. McCann, Jr.. 20 Jun. 1990. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Binion, E.S. (1990, June 20). Interview by W. H. M Jr.. History of Education in Kentucky: Education Reform Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Binion, Eugene S., interview by William H. McCann, Jr.. June 20, 1990, History of Education in Kentucky: Education Reform Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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