Accountability – Taking the time to get it right
Education Commissioner Stephen Pruitt shares how the new Every Student Succeeds Act will give all Kentuckians a chance to help craft a new state accountability system.
Finding your vision takes time
Ashley Lamb-Sinclair, the 2016 Kentucky Teacher of the Year, says reforming education takes thought and care and patience.
Pruitt tells board ESSA reauthorization provides opportunity for Kentucky education
Reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act ushers in a new day in Kentucky and across the nation, Kentucky Education Commissioner Stephen Pruitt told the Kentucky Board of Education at its meeting Dec. 9 in Frankfort. The U.S. Senate approved the bill, known as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), by a vote of 85-12 on the same [...]
Every student succeeds
If passed, the Every Student Succeeds Act -- which is the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act -- will give a lot of accountability control back to the states.