Inquiring minds
Boyle County schools have expanded inquiry-based learning to multiple subjects and grade levels as part of a pilot project that educators hope will help students develop critical thinking skills.
Finding the strength
Kentucky schools using the suicide prevention program Sources of Strength, which mobilizes student social networks to promote positive behaviors.
Mindful of learning
Clark County teachers are using a curriculum designed to teach students social and emotional awareness, resilience and how to embrace a calm focus for learning.
Nursing the pathway to success
A new pathway helps students earn a bachelor’s degree in nursing faster, with lower costs and more opportunities to earn credentials along the way.
Building literacy from the ground up
At Simmons Elementary guided reading and a literacy coach help move more students to reading proficiency by 3rd grade.
It’s not just a stop sign
Every time a car illegally passes a stopped school bus, a student is at risk.
‘I need to be doing something for somebody’
Longtime Augusta Independent Custodian Kathy Fryman received the 10th annual Fred Award from the Kentucky Association of School Administrators.
Controversy comes to the classroom
Social studies teacher wants students to learn how to handle tough topics at school, so they can handle them in the real world.
Reading the music
Making connections between music and literacy can benefit students’ understanding of both, teachers learn at Arts Integration Academy.
Kentucky Board of Education unanimously approves accountability system, discusses charters
At a special meeting in Frankfort today, the Kentucky Board of Education unanimously approved the regulation that will govern Kentucky’s new accountability system under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act and Senate Bill 1 (2017).