The power of role-playing games for deeper learning experiences
Three Kentucky educators are using role-playing games, like Dungeons & Dragons, to enrich student learning experiences.
Bowling Green Independent Schools meets refugee, migrant families where they are with Teranga Academy
Teranga Academy (Bowling Green Independent Schools) is designed to support teens and their families who are new to the United States and to American schools. The academy is open to Bowling Green Junior High and Bowling Green High School students who have been in the United States for three years or less, are multilingual and have had their formal education interrupted.
Transcending education, one Garrard County school cultivates culture of health
Patrick Kennedy, a health and physical education teaching position at rural Camp Dick Robinson (CDR) Elementary (Garrard County), decided to take on a project that would forever alter the school: the promotion of a health-based culture.
‘Hope and action’: How UK and Fayette County Schools are building the Kentucky teacher workforce
By the time Brie Stalker graduated from the University of Kentucky (UK), she had already been working and learning at Picadome Elementary School (Fayette County) for two years. She couldn’t imagine teaching anywhere else.
Early intervention as a child was key for Kentucky Milken Educator Award winner Buskill
With Charlotte Buskill's mother, grandmother and two sisters all educators, she felt she was destined to join the “family business.” “My whole younger childhood was filled with the love of being in a school building,” she said. Now in her sixth year as an educator, Buskill has been at Newton Parrish Elementary School (Owensboro Independent) since 2016. Her ability to ensure the success of every student was recognized by the Milken Family Foundation, which honored her as a Milken Educator Award winner in a surprise ceremony on Nov. 10 at the school.
Leslie County teen becomes youngest known Kentuckian elected to office
During the pandemic, Logan Sizemore began growing food in the family garden to help the community in Leslie County.
Kentucky public school graduate helps send NASA rocket to space
Shelby County Public Schools graduate Alora Mazarakis remembers telling her father she wanted to go to college at NASA when she was young.
New Williamstown Independent superintendent brings growth mindset, technology experience to role
John Slone was recently chosen to lead the Williamstown Independent School District but he is no stranger to Kentucky’s classrooms.
Henderson County student prepares for future through TRACK apprenticeship program
When he started his junior year at Henderson County High School, Evan Legate wanted to make a change in his life.
Wayne Sizemore brings administrative experience and community to Jackson Independent as superintendent
Jackson Independent Schools is under new leadership: Wayne Sizemore began as superintendent of the district on July 1. Sizemore served for 6 months as interim superintendent with the district before accepting the superintendent job. He said he brings a familiarity with the local community to the role.
