Yvonne Gilliam The Bell County school district strives to provide a variety of quality educational services to our students. Through the assistance of several grants this year, kindergarten through 8th-grade students received new instructional materials in reading and mathematics. The district’s six elementary schools have a seven-period-day structure, which affords one period for linear Response to Interventions to accommodate [...]
By Natalie McCutchen, Mike Stacy and Brad Clark Across the state, self-reflective teachers and supportive administrators are building communities of practice where all stakeholders are re-evaluating all aspects of instructional effectiveness. This is a time of rapid, meaningful change in our schools. As Kentucky educators embark on this intensive professional learning continuum, we must find new ways to guide student [...]
Murray State University will offer a course on teaching literature online during the 2015 spring semester. “ENG 602: Teaching Literature in Schools” can be applied toward a master’s degree or toward the 30-and-above requirement in an English or education degree. Dystopian literature is quite the fad right now, but should a teacher add this to the CCSS curriculum? This class looks [...]
Art teacher Dorothea Broughton teaches the students at Kit Carson Elementary School (Madison County) quilling, an art form she was taught as a child. Quilling is the art of paper twirling.