Bob Fortney, a senior consultant in the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Office of District 180, is the recipient of the 2012 Kentucky Society for Technology in Education (KySTE) Outstanding Leader award, which will be presented at the KySTE spring conference March 9 in Louisville. Each year, KySTE presents awards for outstanding leader, teacher and technology staff member, based on [...]
The U.S. Department of Education has asked Westat to conduct national focus groups to inform the planning of two national meetings on College and Career Ready Standards and Educator Evaluation Systems that will be held in March 2012. Three states -- Florida, Idaho and Kentucky -- have been selected to conduct the focus groups. The findings from the qualitative data collected [...]
The National Academy Foundation's education model to build school-based "learning communities" that empower high school students to successfully go on to higher education, professions of their choosing and active community participation is aligned to Kentucky's Unified Strategy for College and Career Readiness.
The Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP) is one of the emerging concepts for increasing physical activity/physical education in schools via a Coordinated School Health (CSH) approach. It is specifically included in the Practical Living/Career Studies (PLCS) Program Review. This opportunity from the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) will help school district officials gauge their [...]
Education Cabinet Secretary Joseph U. Meyer is asking superintendents to complete a brief survey as part of a High School Outreach Initiative with the Kentucky Workforce Investment Board. Please complete the survey by Monday, February 20. To access the survey, please go to the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KHTJD3L. For further information, please contact Melisa Quillen at MelissaW.Quillen@ky.gov.
Initiated in 1998 by the Kentucky Oral History Commission (KOHC), the Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky Oral History Project continues to provide resources to Kentuckians and teachers in the form of an online database and the documentary Living the Story: The Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky. The original oral history project documented the civil rights movement in Kentucky through interviews [...]