Kentucky school districts pledge improvement
All P-12 public school district superintendents and local boards of education have signed a pledge to improve college and career readiness in their high schools by 2015.
Teach For America expanding to Appalachia
Will Nash, executive director of Teach For America-Appalachia, announces Teach For America’s plan to expand to Appalachia during a press conference April, 7, 2011 in Frankfort, Ky. The organization plans to bring at least 30 additional teachers in each of the next two years to the region. Photo by Amy Wallot Teach For America announced recently that [...]
Economics podcast
The Economic Lowdown is a podcast series for high school students produced by the Economic Education department of the St. Louis Fed. The series covers topics in economics, personal finance, banking and monetary policy. The Economic Lowdown is available on the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’s website, www.stlouisfed.org/education_resources/podcasts and on iTunes. There are six episodes available: Opportunity Cost, Factors [...]
Lego robots help students build on what they learn
Program promotes real world connections and 21st-century skills.
Classroom acts
Counselors help students get the most out of their educational experience.
Final schools earn TELL survey cash
Kentucky schools and educators earned cash prizes recently for their participation in the fourth and final week of the Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning (TELL) Kentucky survey. The winners are: School: Horizons Academy, Nelson County school district Educator: Prichard Elementary, Carter County school district School districts with 50 percent or higher participation: Boyd County (87.87 percent) and Erlanger-Elsmere Independent (91.16 [...]
Center for School Safety releases annual data report about Kentucky schools
The Kentucky Center for School Safety has released its 11th Safe Schools Data Project Report for all 174 school systems.
Advisory committees give a voice to stakeholders
Advisory committees and councils offer perspectives that shape education.
Few education bills passed in legislature’s regular session
Six education bills pass in legislature's regular session.