Monthly Archives: June 2015

Evidence statements for science standards available

The evidence statements provide detail on what students should know and be able to do in order to satisfy each performance expectation (PE) at the end of instruction. Given that each PE is three-dimensional, the statements describe how students can use the practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas together to demonstrate proficiency on the PEs by the end of [...]

By |2015-06-26T08:53:37-04:00June 25, 2015|

Feedback on sought on Educator Equity Plan

The Kentucky Department of Education is seeking feedback on the Educator Equity Plan it filed with the United States Department of Education (USED) on June 1. USED required each state education agency to submit a new State Educator Equity Plan in accordance with the requirements of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). As required [...]

By |2015-06-19T14:49:20-04:00June 18, 2015|

Coordinated School Health Team offers two workshops

The Kentucky Department of Education Coordinated School Health Team will host two free summer professional learning opportunities this summer at locations across the state. “Agents of Change: Making Healthy Schools the Norm” is a Kentucky School Health and Physical Education Network (KySHAPE) professional learning event in which the Coordinated School Health Team will partner with educational cooperatives to provide professional [...]

By |2015-06-18T09:59:30-04:00June 18, 2015|

Gov. Beshear creates Teachers’ Retirement Work Group to address funding issues

In an effort to strengthen the solvency of the Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System (KTRS), Gov. Steve Beshear this week by executive order created a 23-member work group made up of policy and education leaders. The Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System Funding Work Group, to be led by former state senator and former State Board of Education Chairman David Karem, will meet over the [...]

By |2015-06-18T09:09:51-04:00June 18, 2015|

Vocational center graduates those who are career-ready

By Amy Wallot amy.wallot@education.ky.gov Mental illness led Stephanie Cesare to some very, very dark places. But these days, things are looking brighter for her. Now, she is a cosmetology graduate of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Training Center and is already employed. Cesare gave the most candid speech I have heard at a commencement. She openly discussed her illness and [...]

By |2020-09-10T08:24:06-04:00June 18, 2015|

Spots open for science curriculum field trials

The Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) at the University of California, Berkeley is accepting new participants for 2015-16 elementary school and middle school science curriculum field trials. A number of spots are open for LHS’ middle school physical science unit, Magnetic Fields.  The LHS Learning Design Group's rich science curriculum, which is developed in partnership with Amplify Education, combines hands-on inquiry, [...]

By |2015-06-17T14:13:15-04:00June 18, 2015|
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