District pushes relevance, flexibility in ending dropouts
The Taylor County school district has raised the graduation age in the district and hasn’t had any dropouts in four years.
The Taylor County school district has raised the graduation age in the district and hasn’t had any dropouts in four years.
A junior at one of Kentucky’s public or private high schools will win a $500 scholarship and a photo shoot at his or her school through the “Promote Your School” scholarship contest, sponsored by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA). To enter, the student must submit an essay about the biggest challenge facing high school students. The essay must [...]
The Central States Section of the Combustion Institute (CSS / CI) has issued a grant opportunity (up to $5000 award) to high school teachers for developing and introducing a combustion science-based (i.e., applied chemistry) learning module into their course curriculum. Combustion science deals with fast exothermic oxidizing reactions that occur in the majority of energy, industrial, transportation, and fire suppression-based applications. Combustion [...]
Heidi Givens Summer is a time for family fun, travel, and relaxation. Many of us look forward to these months of putting aside all our teaching responsibilities and focusing on our mental rejuvenation. Sadly, no matter how hard we try to focus on ourselves for a change, summer is also a time for completing professional development (PD) and [...]
It’s funny how we often overlook the offerings of our own town. I have lived and worked in Frankfort for over 10 years. My job as a photographer takes me to all sorts of interesting places. But somehow, in all of that time and all of those photo assignments, I had yet to visit the Old State Capitol.
Retired educator’s goal is for Kentucky to rank among top 10 states nationwide
The Kentucky Center for Mathematics and the Kentucky Department of Education have partnered to offer a free professional learning opportunity for middle school mathematics teacher leaders and administrators. Building mathematics content-focused coaching is a long-range educational practice in which mathematics teacher leaders work collaboratively with principals and classroom teachers to design, implement and reflect on rigorous, standards-based lessons that promote [...]
Yvonne Lovell Yvonne Lovell of Louisville was selected from a national pool as the 2013 Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Professional of the Year. GEAR UP is a federally funded college access and readiness program that serves more than 700,000 low-income students. “Yvonne has worked tirelessly to identify GEAR UP as the natural [...]
What is a horse’s favorite kind of cake? Carrot cake, of course! Semple Elementary School sits three blocks from Churchill Downs in Jefferson County, so naturally the Kentucky Derby is a familiar event to Semple students.
Jim Flynn Jim Flynn, recently selected as the president of the Kentucky Association of School Superintendents (KASS), says education is a “people business.” To that end, he hopes to use his new status to bring people together toward a common vision. “(It) is essential in our work. I am committed to the vision of preparing Kentucky students for [...]