The Kentucky Department of Education and Valvoline™ have selected 24 outstanding Kentucky educators as recipients of the 2017 Valvoline Teacher Achievement Awards. These teachers qualify to compete for the 2017 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Award, which will be announced next month.
East Carter County High School's Ben Hawkins shares how French Fest became a regular event and a learning tool at his school.
Thirty-four videos featuring schools and districts using novice reduction strategies are now available online.
East Carter Middle School has embraced the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, and the Kentucky Department of Education is offering the program to other schools for free.
Custodian Marvin McHenry won the 2015 Fred Award for his extraordinary efforts that create positive learning atmosphere at his Carter County elementary school.
Teachers and administrators at East Carter High School are happy to demonstrate some of the best practices that helped them turn around their test scores.
This year I had the opportunity to photograph a couple of events that have been going on for years, but I had never attended, such as the graduation ceremony at the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Training Center and bus driver training.
Beau Barnes, deputy executive secretary of the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System, and Associate Commissioner Hiren Desai update the Kentucky Board of Education on the KTRS pension fund.Photo by Amy Wallot, Dec. 3, 2014 The Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) passed a resolution Wednesday encouraging the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System (KTRS) to work with the governor and General Assembly [...]
Today, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) named East Carter High School as its third Hub School, joining Franklin-Simpson High School and Pulaski County High School, which were named Hub Schools last year. These schools have shown results of exponentially more college- or career-ready students than other schools and are selected based on data, monitoring visits and monitoring tools. Commissioner [...]
Small school finds ways to collaborate, provide appropriate interventions and prepare students for success.