Overall, Kentucky middle and high school students are eating healthier foods and making safer choices based on data from the 2013 Kentucky Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). The YRBS monitors behaviors among youth and young adults that can have an impact on their health including: • alcohol and drug use • injury and violence (such as seat belt usage and [...]
Kentucky 8th-grade students perform better than their international counterparts, on average, in science and about equal to them in math, according to a new study released today. The study, U.S. States in a Global Context, links results on the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), known as the Nation’s Report Card, with scores on the Trends in International Mathematics [...]
A Kentuckian is the president-elect of the national association for school librarians.
Six Kentucky public high school students have been named to the Next-Generation Student Advisory Council, a group that provides input to Kentucky Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday. The newly-selected members will serve for one year. They include: Nolan Calhoun -- 10th grade, Grant County High School Zachary Creekmore -- 11th grade, Whitley County High School Jiahui Hu -- 12th grade, [...]
Gov. Steve Beshear announced this week that the Kentucky has been named as one of seven states to participate in a two-year pilot program to train future teachers. The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) created the Network for Transforming Educator Preparation (NTEP) to help states ensure all new teachers are ready on the first day of their careers [...]
Some schools made remarkable growth in the latest round of the Unbridled Learning for All assessment and accountability system.
Teachers of the Year share their love for students and their job.
The 2014 High School Teacher of the Year Joanna Howerton Stevens, Kentucky Teacher of the Year Holly Bloodworth and Middle School Teacher of the Year Melanie Trowel pose for pictures after an awards ceremony at the Capitol.Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 16, 2013 A 3rd-grade teacher at Murray Elementary School in the Murray Independent school district, Holly Bloodworth, [...]
The Kentucky Board of Education plans to ask for additional education funding in the upcoming legislative session.
Kentucky Department of Education policy advisor Mary Ann Miller, pictured with Kevin Noland, was presented the Kevin M. Noland Award from the Kentucky Board of Education during its meeting in Frankfort, Ky.Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 8, 2013 At its meeting in Frankfort today, the Kentucky Board of Education awarded Mary Ann Miller, Policy Advisor for the Commissioner [...]