Small group phonological awareness instruction
Hardin County's Jennifer Wilcox shares her tips for how she keeps reading instruction focused during small group rotations.
Fayette County media services team earns librarians association award
The media services team from Fayette County Public Schools received the 2018 Award of Merit from the Central Kentucky Association of School Librarians.
KDE seeking feedback on revised mathematics standards
The Kentucky Department of Education is seeking feedback on the revised Kentucky Academic Standards for Mathematics.
Districts awarded New Skills for Youth Grants to strengthen and expand CTE
The Kentucky Department of Education has awarded six Kentucky school districts with grants to strengthen and expand career and technical pathways for students.
Core practice hacks: Planning, assessment and feedback
Meredith White of the Southern Conference On Language Teaching said backward designing each day's lessons, starting with what she wanted her students to know and be able to do each day, helped her ensure every minute of classroom time was used effectively.
Teaching writing by finding meaning
Franklin County's Rachel Medina helped her Spanish students with their presentational writing skills by getting them to write original children's stories or adapt an existing one with a new twist.
KWLA seeking nominations for 2018 World Language Teaching Awards
The Kentucky World Language Association is seeking nominations for Outstanding New Teacher, Outstanding Post-Secondary Teacher, Outstanding Teacher (K-16), Outstanding Administrator, Lifetime Achievement, and Amici Linguarum – or “Friend of Languages.”
Teaching grammar with authentic texts
Bullitt County's Stacy Crawford Bewley shares what she uses to help her students focus on writing, particularly on grammar and mechanics.
Greenhouses make plant science come to life
School greenhouses help students see how four years of instruction about plant anatomy, soil, nutrition, disease, pests, business management and marketing come to life as they produce plants for sale to the public.
Creating a hunger for reading with an edible book contest
Students at Morton Middle School in Fayette County have a new hunger for reading thanks to library media specialist Alaine Carpenter.