Turtles, hedgehogs and snakes, oh my!
Middle school takes animals on the road for learning.
It’s starting to add up
Mathematics stakeholders offer reassurance for teachers concerned with standards gaps.
Future City competition gets students building
The Future City Competition is a national, project-based learning experience where students in 6th, 7th and 8th grades imagine, design and build cities of the future. Students work as a team with an educator and engineer mentor to plan cities using SimCity 4 Deluxe software; research and write solutions to an engineering problem; build tabletop scale models with recycled materials; [...]
Lively learning
Ron Clark teaching techniques hit the right notes with Covington Independent students.
PD opportunity for middle and high school teachers
Kentucky State University’s School of Education has been awarded a grant from the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development (CCLD) to offer high-quality professional development opportunities that focus on the literacy development of students in grades 6-12. More specifically, the grant activities will provide information, resources and instructional strategies related to the teaching and assessment of literacy (Common Core Standards for [...]
Advisors give sound advice to 8th, 10th graders
Operation Preparation helps students plan for the future.
Collaboration between middle, elementary students the ‘write’ project
Jefferson County Traditional Middle School and Cochran Elementary have formed a partnership to give young authors a real audience, and young readers real role models.
EXPLORE and PLAN results show improvement
Kentucky’s 8th- and 10th-grade public school students made slight gains in nearly all subject areas on EXPLORE and PLAN assessments administered in the fall of 2011.
Middle schools ‘EXPLORE’ college/career readiness
In addition to the K-PREP tests, middle school students will be assessed on their college and career readiness.
Nominations sought for KSCA’s School Counselor of the Year
The Kentucky School Counselor Association (KSCA) is accepting nominations for outstanding Elementary, Middle and High School Counselor of the Year. KSCA also is taking nominations for Principal of the Year. To complete an online nomination form, go to www.kyschoolcounselor.org.