The White House Rural Council recently announced the U.S. Department of Education’s new online community of practice group for rural schools. Virtual communities of practice provide a platform for educators to connect to resources, tools, colleagues, experts, and learning activities, both within and beyond schools. Rural school leaders and teachers can join this online community by logging-on here, creating an [...]
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the American Chemical Society (ACS) are hosting a webinar on middle school chemistry. It is the second of six webinars covering each of the six chapters in the ACS free middle school science teaching resource http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/. The webinar, which is on July 26, is hosted by the NSTA Learning Center and covers the [...]
The state-led Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is seeking a second round of public comment on the Model Content Frameworks for English Language Arts (ELA)/Literacy as part of an on-going development process to ensure the frameworks meet the needs of educators, curriculum directors and school leaders. In November 2011, PARCC released Model Content Frameworks to [...]
Former Kentucky Education Commissioner Gene Wilhoit announced last week he is retiring as executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). Wilhoit plans to remain at CCSSO until a new executive director assumes the post. Under Wilhoit’s leadership, states have increasingly worked together to address critical issues including higher standards for students, richer assessments of [...]
Last week Gov. Steve Beshear signed Senate Bill 38 (SB 38), a measure aimed at providing a career pathway process for secondary education in Kentucky. Through a more rigorous academic focus on career and technical education (CTE), the bill provides for a career-based program of study to make students’ high school years more relevant to their futures as working adults. [...]
Science experiments are underway every day in schools across Kentucky. Students enjoy the hands-on activities and teachers like to get in on the fun, too. This is a small collection of science I’ve seen happening over the past few months.