5 teachers join Hope Street Group fellows program
Five new teachers will join the 2014-15 cohort of Hope Street Group Kentucky State Teacher Fellows. They will work alongside 16 other teachers who embarked on the fellowship last August.
Teacher of the Year experience inspiring
Holly Bloodworth What an amazing experience it has been to represent teachers throughout the commonwealth as the 2014 Kentucky Teacher of the Year. I really did not know what to expect, but every event and opportunity was a chance to learn and be inspired by those around me. I learned that our nation is full of inspiring teachers [...]
KAAC conference is right around the corner
Register now for the 2014 Scott Trimble Workshop on Instruction and Assessment. Join the Kentucky Association of Assessment Coordinators at the Galt House in Louisville on Oct. 20-21. The theme this year is "Bridging the Achievement Gap: College and Career Readiness for All." This workshop is designed for teachers, building assessment coordinators, district assessment coordinators, school and district administrators and [...]
Workshop on teaching economics set
A free workshop on teaching economics through children’s literature will be held from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. CT Sept. 29 in Room 2003 of Gary Ransdell Hall at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. This workshop, offered by the WKU Center and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Louisville Branch, will introduce elementary school teachers to basic economic concepts. [...]
Register for Continuous Improvement Summit
Registration for the 2nd annual Kentucky Continuous Improvement Summit: “Focusing on Best Practice to Close the Achievement Gap” that will be held Sept. 22-24 at the Lexington Convention Center closes on Sept. 16. Best practices from across the state will be highlighted and presented by Kentucky teachers and administrators. Principal Baruti Kafele, one of the most sought-after speakers for transforming the [...]
Prichard: ‘Hard push’ needed to reach 2020 goal
Moving Kentucky into the top tier of states in key areas of education by 2020 will require a hard push for improvement in the next six years, according to a new report from the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence. The 2014 update of the Committee’s “Top 20 by 2020” found Kentucky’s performance in six categories to be on track to [...]
Conference for speech and debate educators set
The fourth annual SPEAK (the Speech Professional Education Alliance of Kentucky) conference for middle and high school speech and debate educators will be held Sept. 26 at the University of Kentucky. Kentucky High School Speech League Hall of Fame coach Mark Etherton will speak on Kentucky Speech and Debate, Past and Future, which will lead into a conference-wide roundtable discussion about [...]
Campaign focuses on importance of attendance
A recent study shows that students who miss more school than their peers consistently score lower on standardized tests, regardless of their age, demographic group or where they live. Improving student attendance is an essential, cost-effective but often overlooked strategy for school improvement, closing achievement gaps and ensuring all students are on track to learn and succeed. September is National [...]
Superintendents’ spotlight: Casey Allen, Ballard County
Casey Allen Casey Allen recently marked the start of his third full year as superintendent of the Ballard County school district, but that short tenure has seen a number of improvements around the district and a refocusing on the schools’ relationships with the community they serve. The district receives strong support from the small county of about 8,000 [...]
Dunbar biology teacher makes cover of science journal
Heidi Anderson, a biology teacher at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Fayette County), co-authored the cover story in the September edition of The Science Teacher, a national journal. The article, “Lights and Larvae,” describes using optogenetics to teach recombinant DNA and neurobiology.