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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
27 March 2012
Science teacher finds viable resources in thrift stores.
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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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