Gov. Steve Beshear recently appointed two new members to the Kentucky Board of Education. They include: Trevor R. Bonnstetter, of Mayfield, is CEO at West Kentucky Rural Telephone. He represents members at large. The appointment replaces Dorothy Z. Combs, whose term has expired. Bonnstetter shall serve for a term expiring April 14, 2016. Grayson R. Boyd, of Williamsport, is a retired [...]
JROTC is being recognized as a career pathway for Kentucky students.
Three middle school students were voted by the public as having coined the best slogans to promote voting in Kentucky. Kassidy Kobb, a sixth-grade home school student in Muhlenberg County, submitted the winning slogan, “Make a choice. Use your voice. Vote!” For her first-place finish, Kobb will receive a $1,000 cash prize, which will be presented to her at the [...]
Heidi Givens (Editor’s note: When used as a cultural label, the word deaf is often written with a capital D in speech and sign. When used as a label for the audiological condition, it is written with a lower case d. This column uses the term Deaf/deaf in deference to the Deaf culture.) I am not much of [...]
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) cited three public schools today for their efforts with the environment, health and education by naming them 2013 Kentucky Green Ribbon Schools. The winners are: Locust Trace AgriScience Farm, Fayette County Cane Run Elementary, Jefferson County Northern Elementary, Scott County The schools will be recognized and presented with the 2013 Kentucky Green Ribbon School [...]
Two Jefferson County teachers are innovative in teaching vocabulary.
Calling it “one of my most satisfying acts as Governor,” Gov. Steve Beshear this week signed into law the Graduation Bill (Senate Bill 97), which will keep Kentucky students enrolled in school until they turn 18. Gov. Beshear and First Lady Jane Beshear have joined educators and child advocates to fight for this bill’s passage for the past five legislative [...]
A Fayette County alternative program is hitching its wagons to horses.
After just one week, more than 21,000 Kentucky educators have taken part in the TELL (Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning) Survey of school working conditions. That represents about 42 percent of the school-based certified educators eligible to participate. Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday announced the news yesterday during a TELL Kentucky event at Collins Lane Elementary School in Frankfort. “I’m [...]
While Kentucky students are generally socially and emotionally ready to start kindergarten, the majority are not ready to succeed academically, according to pilot data released this week by the Kentucky Department of Education.