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Teachers mined a wealth of information and materials for their classrooms at a workshop held by the Kentucky Crushed Stone Association.
Teachers mined a wealth of information and materials for their classrooms at a workshop held by the Kentucky Crushed Stone Association.
It's that time of year again. With new backpacks, new clothes and new shoes, students are heading back to school in Kentucky.
Jennifer Faith, a teacher at Eastside Middle School (Bullitt County), has been named the 2017 Kentucky History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The award is presented to a teacher who finds creative ways to bring history alive in the classroom and in his or her community. “This is such an unbelievable honor,” Faith [...]
In an effort to recognize the work of educators and programs that serve students with a variety of learning needs, the Kentucky Department of Education has named 11 Alternative Programs of Distinction.
Stephanie Winkler, president of the Kentucky Education Association, draws the final TELL Survey winner with Commissioner of Education Stephen Pruitt. Nearly 91 percent of educators completed the working conditions survey this year.Photo by Bobby Ellis, April 3, 2017 (FRANKFORT, Ky.) – Kentucky educators have set a new record with their response to the 2017 Teaching, Empowering, Leading and [...]
Andrew Hobbs, network engineer for Bullitt County schools, was recognized with the Outstanding Technology Support Award by the Kentucky Society for Technology in Education (KySTE) at its spring conference earlier this month. Hobbs was recognized by KySTE president Susan Vincentz, a technology integration specialist for Bullitt County schools, for his outstanding work in managing the network and its servers, writing [...]
By the third week of the TELL Survey, more than three-quarters of Kentucky’s school-based educators had completed the survey of school working conditions. The survey, which is now in its fourth week, runs through Friday.
More than half of Kentucky’s school-based educators have taken part in the TELL (Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning) Survey of school working conditions in just the first two weeks of the survey.
After just one week, more than 17,300 Kentucky educators have taken part in the TELL (Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning) Survey of school working conditions. That represents about 38 percent of the school-based certified educators eligible to participate.
The 2017 VSA Kentucky Student Traveling Exhibition, “A Matter of Perspective” – which showcases original artwork created by K-12 students with disabilities from schools throughout Kentucky – is now traveling to schools and other community venues throughout the Commonwealth.