For the second year in a row, students at Miles Elementary School (Erlanger-Elsmere Independent) won’t receive grades. Yet teachers and the principal say students and their parents are better informed about what the children know – and what skills and information they still need to master. Bryant Gillis, in his seventh year as principal, said he never figured out in his 36 years in education what an A really means.
The National Teacher Registry is a new and free service for teachers and schools, public and private, preschool through college. The National Teacher Registry helps teachers get items they need and want for their classroom when there is no budget to purchase them. There are more than 40,000 items from multiple suppliers on the site and many more products are [...]
Despite increased per-pupil and education-reform funding, Kentucky’s new budget likely leaves teachers with fewer healthcare options, no new textbooks and possibly less salary, the State Board of Education heard at its June meeting.
The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence has earned the support of the Pew Center on the States for a fourth year in its work to improve the educational and economic success of Kentucky by expanding access to quality preschool programs for more children in the state. The statewide organization has received a $200,000 grant from Pew, $25,000 of which is [...]