Kevin Hub A “distinguished-progressing” district ranked 16th based on overall score in the state’s Unbridled Learning accountability system, the Logan County school district is home to two elementary schools selected for the Blue Ribbon Schools program and four schools named Kentucky Middle Schools to Watch. The district has a student-centered culture of excellence built on a strong foundation [...]
Applications are being accepted for the Emperor Science Award program, an initiative designed to encourage high school students to explore careers in science — specifically cancer research and care — and empower students to become the next generation of cancer and health researchers. PBS LearningMedia and Stand Up To Cancer will award 100 students each year for at least three [...]
Owensboro Independent and Daviess County schools worked together to create a project-based learning centered school.
Taylor County teacher Tim Peterson has long been using innovative ways to introduce his students to the world.
Kentucky’s plan to eliminate identified equity gaps includes strategies focused on recruitment, hiring and placement; ongoing, job-embedded professional learning; evaluation of educators and retention.
The Kentucky Department of Education and Ashland Inc. have selected 24 outstanding Kentucky educators as recipients of the 2016 Ashland Inc. Teacher Achievement Awards.
Teachers are invited to study the myths and reality of medieval history in London and Dublin as part of a course led by Eastern Kentucky University professor Cynthia Resor during the winter term. “Medieval Civilization: Modern Myths and Historical Reality,” a three-hour upper division or graduate level class from Dec. 26-Jan. 8, will compare modern conceptions to the reality of [...]
The Kentucky NEED Project has scheduled 13 free workshops for teachers on energy education for this fall across Kentucky. The Kentucky NEED Project is the state program of the National Energy Education Development, which focuses on K-12 energy education. Its workshops include grade-level appropriate energy activities and curricula that support the Kentucky Academic Standards in science and other disciplines, as [...]
Open Source High has launched its first student video contests of the new school year. Cash prizes will be awarded for the top videos in science, history and mathematics. Videos are limited to two minutes and may be on any topic within the three subject areas. Public voting will determine the winners. The deadline is Sept. 20; other contests will [...]
Two Kentucky high schools are among the 33 named as Schools of Distinction by College for Every Student (CFES). Breathitt County and Owsley County high schools received the award, which recognizes schools nationally that have exemplary programs incorporating the three CFES core practices: mentoring, leadership through service and pathways to college. These schools provide intensive exposure to the three practices [...]