A new federal report praises the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s efforts to get local foods onto the plates of school children throughout the state. The report, submitted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm to School Team, cited examples of successful farm to school efforts in the Jefferson and Montgomery County school systems. The Kentucky Proud farm marketing program includes [...]
High school mathematics teachers are invited to attend the “Building SPEED: The Mathematics of NASCAR” workshop July 28 at Henry Clay High School. Door prizes will be given away such as teaching supplies, books and iPads. The workshop will focus on higher-level mathematics courses such as Algebra II, Pre-Calculus and the new Transition to College Mathematics course. For more information, [...]
The Prichard Committee recognized the head of its parent leadership efforts, Bev Raimondo, for 20 years of work for the organization. She was recognized during the group’s June meeting at General Butler State Park in Carrollton. Raimondo joined the Prichard staff in 1991 after a career at IBM. After the passage of the Kentucky Education Reform Act in 1990, Raimondo [...]
The Center for Parent Leadership is offering a range of workshops to Kentucky school leaders. The group also can customize trainings to meet specific needs in districts. Among the topics offered: Parents and Teachers Talking Together - helps to clarify student achievement priorities and develop an action plan while developing new lines of communication between educators and parents. The Missing [...]
The Black Star Project is in its eighth year of promoting a fatherhood initiative known as the Million Father March. The Million Father March is about fathers taking their children to school on the first fall school day. Last year, 800,000 fathers in 600 cities took their children to school on the first day of school. Participating in the Million [...]
The Prichard Committee presented its highest recognition, its Award of Excellence, to Tim Hanner of the Kenton County school district. Hanner, 50, retired from the Kenton County schools in June due to medical concerns. He began serving as superintendent in 2006 and was named the Kentucky Association of School Administrators’ Superintendent of the Year in 2010. […]
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has announced that the review process for the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) award has been completed. The list of awards are available at the following link: www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Administrative+Resources/Grant+Information. The awards listed are contingent upon awardees meeting all programmatic and budgetary requirements. If there are programmatic/budgetary issues that need to be addressed, those issues must [...]
The Conceptual Framework for the Next Generation Science Education Standards was released Tuesday, July 19, by the National Academies. It is available to download or read online for free at www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13165. This document is not a set of standards. Rather, it is the conceptual framework from which the new science standards will be created. Schools are cautioned to make only [...]
From the Prichard Committee Teachers from school districts across Kentucky shared what they see as revolutionary new teaching strategies and lessons that will strengthen what students know in mathematics and language arts. What started as a pilot program in nine school districts will soon spread across the state – and to other states as well. An audience of 225 state [...]
Veteran educator and community leader Hilma Prather of Somerset recently became the new chair of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence. Prather, a retired principal from the Somerset Independent school district, is a member of the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television, KET’s governing board, and has been a member of the Kentucky Board of Education, the advisory board of Somerset [...]