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.
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.
Transforming binge watching to binge learning
Marion County English teacher uses content from a social studies class to improve her students’ literacy skills.
Reading promotion in the age of Vine and Instagram
Three educators at Ballard High School decided to work together last school year to see how they could get students really excited about reading.
Teacher mindset can change student futures
Corbin Middle School teacher Kristal Doolin shares how changing to a growth mindset helped her reach students she previously had failed to inspire.
Literacy is alive in Oldham County’s summer camp
Incoming 1st -graders get intensive literacy intervention at Oldham County’s Camp Literacy Live.
White House site offers early literacy tools, resources
The end of third grade is the point at which children transition from learning to read to utilizing reading skills to understand the content of all subject areas. To strengthen third-grade reading proficiency for all students, particularly for students of color and students with disabilities, the White House’s My Brother’s Keeper Taskforce has established a dedicated early literacy website to [...]
Catching lightning in the classroom
By Amy Wallot amy.wallot@education.ky.gov Wearing a crown and carrying a staff, both made of black construction paper, 4th-grade student James Smith brought Zeus, the king of the Greek gods, to life for his classmates. The skit was part of a presentation in Lauren Coomes’ 4th-grade class at Estes Elementary School (Owensboro Independent). Her students were reading The Lightning Thief, the [...]
Podcasts work on students’ minds, bodies
Students are responding to walking while listening to lessons, teachers say.
Transitional courses paying off at East Carter High School
Students missing benchmarks are getting extra help with transitional courses.