The gift of a good book
The Kentucky Department of Education's Veda McClain shares how she developed her love of reading and how she tries to instill it in others.
Making math exciting and relevant in 2017
It can be difficult to articulate how mathematical thinking applies to the real world, but we know that igniting a passion for math can create incredible future opportunities for our students with high-income STEM job growth on the rise.
Math matters question of the month
Share your thoughts about January's math question with The Kentucky Department of Education mathematics consultants.
Student poetry sought for contest
The Kentucky State Poetry Society is accepting submissions of student-authored poems for its 2017 Student Poetry Contest.
A ‘Wonder’-ful one-book success
Daviess County's Elizabeth Muster shares how the One School, One Book program benefited her school through the shared experience of reading.
Students and teachers benefit from public library partnership
Allen County schools is the first district in the state to give all students full access to the local public library.
2017 Chinese Guest Teacher Program applications due
Apply now to host a Chinese guest teacher for the 2017-18 school year. Since 2007, the College Board Chinese Guest Teacher Program has placed more than 1,000 visiting teachers in hundreds of schools nationwide.
All educators can teach global competency
Oldham County's Lori Foster believes global education can be a dimension that runs throughout the entire scope of student learning.
Teacher-created lessons connect world language to art
Laurel County’s elementary school students are getting creative this school year with a new curriculum designed to bring out the inner artist in every world language learner.
Berea puts on training for regional arts specialists
The City of Berea/Tourism offered a two-day conference for KDE's new regional arts specialists, allowing them time to collaborate as they attended sessions focused on implementing the new arts standards in dance, media arts, music, theater, visual arts and Program Review.