Buddy Berry The Eminence Independent school district has redesigned its instructional experience for kindergarten through 12th-grade students with its School on F.I.R.E. (Framework of Innovation for Reinventing Education) model. The model revolves around the Council of Chief State School Officers’ six critical attributes for innovation. In the area of anytime, anywhere learning, all students in grades 3-12 are [...]
At its meeting Tuesday, the Kentucky Board of Education discussed potential changes to the Unbridled Learning Accountability Model and reviewed new social studies and arts and humanities standards. The board heard the first reading of 704 KAR 3:303, Kentucky Academic Standards. Proposed new social studies standards and arts and humanities standards align to college/career-readiness and conform to the requirements for [...]
School districts are investing heavily in laptops, tablets, and netbooks as they put in place online testing programs for the Common Core State Standards. But schools may not be making the best use of these devices for day-to-day learning-what many educators believe is the key benefit of these technology investments. An Education Week workshop aimed at helping educators maximize their [...]
More Kentucky students are taking Advanced Placement (AP) tests and scoring higher, according to data released Tuesday by the College Board. Since 2008, the number of Kentucky public high school students taking AP examinations has more than doubled and the number of tests with a qualifying score of 3, 4, or 5, has increased by 115 percent. Number of [...]
Rhonda Sims with former interim Education Commissioner Kevin M. Noland, for whom the award is named.Photo by Tim Thornberry, Oct. 7, 2014 At its meeting in Frankfort today, the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) presented the 2014 Kevin M. Noland Award to Rhonda Sims, director of Assessment Support and Research within the Office of Assessment and Accountability at [...]
Nine outstanding teachers from across the state – three elementary, three middle and three high school teachers – are semifinalists for the 2015 Kentucky Teacher of the Year award, the Kentucky Department of Education and Ashland Inc. announced Monday. Winners of the Elementary, Middle and High School Teacher of the Year awards, in addition to the overall 2015 Kentucky Teacher [...]
Preschool and early-childhood education is grabbing a lot of attention from policymakers. But the challenge for proponents is to create a system that offers a high-quality program for young learners. At a free webinar from 2 to 3 p.m. on Oct. 6, join Laura Bornfreund, the deputy director of the Early Childhood Initiative for the New America Foundation, and Debi [...]
An Education Week webinar aimed at helping teachers meet the new English/Language Arts standards will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. on Oct. 8. Webinar topics will include: Increasing the quantity of writing throughout the school day Helping students improve writing by analyzing complex texts Making the writing process a vehicle of instruction Teaching opinion and informative/explanatory writing across [...]
The faculty and staff in the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Teacher Development in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Louisville have developed a set of assessments to measure middle school teachers’ knowledge for teaching mathematics. They are looking for need middle school mathematics teachers to complete preliminary assessments to validate individual assessment [...]
Science Friday is celebrating observation – and we’re challenging you and your students to get out and observe everything! #ObserveEverything is a nationwide invitation to practice the essential skill of observation with Science Friday’s large community of scientists, students, parents, and educators. It’s a great opportunity to complement the inquiry-based instruction you’re doing with students … and have a little fun with multimedia creation [...]