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Teachers should encourage student ownership of summer reading selections Bell rings on Teach for America’s first year in Kentucky Consistency pays off at Southside Elementary Handful of education bills pass during 2012 legislative session New teacher-evaluation system not tested in isolation Teachers help students be K-PREPared
 
Teachers should encourage student ownership of summer reading selections

Teachers should encourage student ownership of summer reading selections

Summer reading programs including more options for students.

Bell rings on Teach for America’s first year in Kentucky

Bell rings on Teach for America’s first year in Kentucky

This is the first year Teach For America members have taught in Kentucky schools.

Consistency pays off at Southside Elementary

Consistency pays off at Southside Elementary

Pike County school educators and staff work together for success.

Handful of education bills pass during 2012 legislative session

Handful of education bills pass during 2012 legislative session

Funding, innovation and improving student achievement topped education considerations during regular session of 2012 Kentucky General Assembly.

New teacher-evaluation system not tested in isolation

New teacher-evaluation system not tested in isolation

The new teacher- and principal-evaluation system is part of an integrated system that includes new standards, teaching practices, assessment and accountability.

Teachers help students be K-PREPared

Teachers help students be K-PREPared

Teachers say the upcoming state assessment has helped them improve their practice.

Alternative fuels program revs up at FCCTC

Alternative fuels program revs up at FCCTC

03 April 2012

Biofuels for Schools byproducts include biodiesel and student learning.

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Students, schools win at STLP Championship

29 March 2012

More than 6,000 students, educators and parents gathered at the seventh annual Student Technology Leadership Program (STLP) State Championship on March 22 at Rupp Arena and the Lexington Convention Center. P-12 students from across the state showed what they know and can do with technology in arts, STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and many [...]

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Kentucky joins Real World Design Challenge

29 March 2012

Kentucky will join 39 other states and U.S. territories in the Real World Design Challenge (RWDC), an education initiative that is designed to increase the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce. The Frankfort High RWDC team (Franklin Independent) won the state-level challenge, and the team will represent Kentucky in the national challenge on April [...]

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Schools selected to take part in GEAR UP Kentucky college-readiness grant award

29 March 2012

GEAR UP Kentucky announced last week that 29 schools have been selected to participate in a new $26.9 million college-readiness grant award. The announcement was made earlier at a launch rally at Holmes High School in Covington. GEAR UP, Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, anticipates serving 10,000 Kentucky students from low-income schools [...]

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Kentucky’s Persistence to Graduation Tool supports district dropout prevention efforts

29 March 2012

To support schools in meeting the mandates of 2009’s Senate Bill 1 and the Commonwealth Commitment to College and Career Readiness, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has developed the Persistence to Graduation Tool (PtGT, or Dropout Early Warning Report). The PtGT is an early warning indicator system for identifying students who may be “off [...]

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SIG waiver requested

29 March 2012

The Kentucky Department of Education is requesting a waiver from the U.S. Department of Education from the requirement in Section 421(b) of the General Education Provisions Act to extend the period of availability of FY 2010 School Improvement Grant (SIG) funds for the agency and all of its school districts to Sept. 30, 2013. The requested [...]

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Spending less pays off for Newport teacher

Spending less pays off for Newport teacher

27 March 2012

Science teacher finds viable resources in thrift stores.

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Digital learning a ‘virtual’ necessity, report says

Digital learning a ‘virtual’ necessity, report says

27 March 2012

A new report identified how Kentucky can improve digital learning in schools.

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Manual teacher wins ExCEL Award

22 March 2012

Alesia Williams, an English and humanities teacher at duPont Manual High School (Jefferson County), is the most recent recipient of the WHAS11-TV Excellence in Classroom and Educational Leadership (ExCEL) Award. Williams “places an emphasis on academic rigor while giving her students as close to a college experience as possible,” said Principal Larry Wooldridge. “Ms. Williams [...]

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536 high school juniors earn $1,000 college scholarships

22 March 2012

Hundreds of high school juniors from across Kentucky earned $1,000 academic scholarships in the “Drive the Dream” program, sponsored by GEAR UP Kentucky and the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority. A total of 536 students earned the scholarships and were recognized during a ceremony last Friday at Western Kentucky University’s Knicely Conference Center in Bowling Green.  [...]

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