A workshop on educating students about air quality has been rescheduled and another on climate change in Southern forests is scheduled on consecutive days July 23-24 at Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery near Jamestown. “Southeastern Forests and Climate Change,” which will introduce a new Project Learning Tree (PLT) secondary module on climate change impacts on Southern forest ecosystems, the role [...]
The Louisville Writing Project will host a professional development on how to use storytelling to inspire reluctant writers and achieve writing standards July 1-3 at Roosevelt-Perry Elementary School in Louisville. The workshop will be led by storyteller and teaching artist Randi Skaggs, who competes frequently in story slams – live storytelling competitions in which storytellers have five minutes each to [...]
Overall, Kentucky educators are more positive about teaching and learning conditions in their schools than they were in 2013 according to results from the Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning (TELL) Kentucky Survey presented to the Kentucky Board of Education at today’s meeting. This year a record 89.3 percent – almost 45,000 – of eligible school-based certified educators in Kentucky responded to the anonymous, [...]
An audit of Kentucky school Program Reviews showed that the audited schools overscored their programs in K-3, writing, practical living/career studies, and arts and humanities, the Kentucky Board of Education learned at its meeting today. Earlier this year, in response to Senate Bill 1 (2009), Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) staff designed and implemented an audit process for Program Reviews at eight schools [...]
Current funding for career and technical education (CTE) in Kentucky is inadequate and at critical levels. That’s the conclusion of an independent report presented to the Kentucky Board of Education at its June 3 meeting in Frankfort. Kentucky funds CTE programs in high schools, locally-operated technical centers (CTCs) and state-operated Area Technology Centers (ATCs) utilizing a combination of federal Perkins funding, state [...]
By Brenna R. Kelly Brenna.kelly@education.ky.gov After analyzing cost, usage and receiving feedback from districts, the Kentucky Department of Education has decided to continue to use most of the components of the Continuous Instructional Improvement Technology System (CIITS) for another year. The CIITS system was designed to help teachers and districts become more efficient and effective, and allow them to collect and [...]
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the Hunt Institute have produced a series of videos to help teachers better understand the mathematics skills students need to succeed in college, life and careers. The videos are based on the principle that understanding numbers and operations, ratios and proportions is part of the process for building a solid foundation in mathematics. [...]
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) has produced a series of videos that illustrate the implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in classrooms. The collection introduces science teachers to important strategies based on the Framework for K-12 Science Education and the NGSS. The videos highlight the major shifts in science instruction, explore the new role of the teacher, [...]
An online summer book study designed to help middle school science teachers learn more about the practice of constructing explanations will begin June 22. The group will study Supporting Grade 5-8 Students in Constructing Explanations in Science: The Claim, Evidence and Reasoning Framework for Talk and Writing, a book by Katherine L. McNeill and Joseph Krajcik. The study will be [...]
By Amy Wallot amy.wallot@education.ky.gov There is something about being at a graduation that puts you in a great mood. I didn’t know any of the kids graduating during these commencement ceremonies, but I still had a huge smile on my face. There is just something about seeing them all so happy. Happy for a major milestone reached. Happy for the [...]