At its meeting Tuesday, the Kentucky Board of Education discussed potential changes to the Unbridled Learning Accountability Model and reviewed new social studies and arts and humanities standards. The board heard the first reading of 704 KAR 3:303, Kentucky Academic Standards. Proposed new social studies standards and arts and humanities standards align to college/career-readiness and conform to the requirements for [...]
‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again’ goes beyond experimentation in Kentucky schools.
Teacher who didn’t get to pilot readiness screener excited to see its effect on her students.
Eighth-grade language arts teachers at Henry F. Moss Middle School (Warren County) delved deeper into the lives of their students during recent class presentations. Students were asked to bring in five items of personal importance that represented significant relationships, events or topics in their lives.
Warren County band teachers find a way to make playing scales cool.
Three Kentucky public schools were among 78 nationwide named U.S. Department of Education (USED) Green Ribbon Schools. The three are: Rosa Parks Elementary, Fayette Co. Georgetown Middle, Scott Co. Richardsville Elementary, Warren Co. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, along with White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, announced the list of first-ever U.S. [...]
The Kentucky Department of Education, along with our Green partners, recently selected three outstanding Kentucky schools as recipients of the first Kentucky Green Ribbon School Award. These schools are the nominees for the 2012 National Green Ribbon School Award, which will be announced on April 23. The three winning schools, listed by school district, are: Fayette County – Rosa Parks Elementary Scott [...]
Conservation will come as naturally as “two plus two equals four” for Richardsville Elementary School students.
Three Kentucky school districts were recognized recently for their participation in a Spirit Contest hosted by the Kentucky Department of Education’s Division of School and Community Nutrition (SCN) to celebrate National School Breakfast Week. The Estill County, Owsley County and Warren County school districts were awarded plaques by Education Commissioner Terry Holliday at a ceremony held in the State Board [...]
Two panels of district leaders and educators have begun working with Kentucky Department of Education staff to develop the state’s new teacher and principal evaluation systems. The 28-member Teacher Effectiveness Steering Committee includes: Ann Porter, Mason County Board of Education member Kenneth Galloway, superintendent, Graves County school district Tim Hanner, superintendent, Kenton County school district Dot Perkins, superintendent, Gallatin County [...]