Last week, Kentucky Teacher introduced newly-appointed Kentucky Board of Education member Leonel (Leo) Calderón. This week, we turn out attention to the second board appointment made by Gov. Steve Beshear this summer, Nawanna Privett – a 42-year educator from Lexington who represents Supreme Court District 5 on the board.
Warren County band teachers find a way to make playing scales cool.
Bellarmine University’s Center for Regional Environmental Studies is hosting a free public symposium on climate change Sept. 22. Advance registration, available online at http://buclimate.eventbrite.com/, is required. The symposium, funded by a grant from NASA Kentucky’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, is open to anyone wishing to hear directly from scientists involved in climate change research. Teachers attending the event [...]
Kentucky’s new school and student accountability and assessment system meets the requirements of Senate Bill 1 and the pledges of the state’s waiver from the No Child Left Behind Act. For Kentucky school board members and superintendents, one of those challenges will be explaining the Unbridled Learning system and what the measures of student achievement mean at the local level. [...]
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Environmental Education grants program supports environmental education projects that enhance the public's awareness, knowledge and skills to make informed environmental decisions and take responsible actions towards the environment. EPA will host a webinar/conference call for potential applicants interested in additional information about the application process on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. EDT. For [...]
The Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA) is accepting nominations of outstanding education leaders and advocates for recognition during the association’s 77th annual conference Feb. 1-3 in Louisville. The nominations are being accepted for the following awards: KSBA Friend of Education Award This will mark the 24th presentation of the KSBA Friend of Education Award. One award will be presented to [...]
In August, Kentucky Teacher of the Year and Boone County High School teacher Kimberly Shearer was invited to speak to the new teachers in her district. The following is the text of her speech: So, I’ve done a lot of traveling this year. As part of my Teacher of the Year experience, I’ve visited Texas, Washington D.C., Georgia [...]
The Kentucky PTA and 15th District PTA (Jefferson County) have received a generous grant from the National PTA to go out into the state and talk to parents about the Kentucky Core Academic Standards (KCAS) and Kentucky’s new public school assessment, called the Kentucky Performance Rating for Educational Progress (K-PREP) tests. The approximately 90-minute training is free and open to [...]
Gov. Steve Beshear appointed two members – Leonel (Leo) Calderón of Edgewood, Ky., and Nawanna Privitt of Lexington – to the Kentucky Board of Education this summer. To give educators throughout the state the opportunity to learn more about the men and women who serve on the board, Kentucky Teacher posed a series of questions to each of [...]
Mathematics stakeholders offer reassurance for teachers concerned with standards gaps.