The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given Kentucky about $2 million to improve classroom instruction and align content to the Common Core Academic Standards by developing instructional strategies and tools in mathematics and literacy.
Program in Kenton County helps students in their ASCENT through arts education.
By Matthew Tungate matthew.tungate@education.ky.gov Kentucky Department of Education officials are using the Kenton County school district as a model in developing a statewide teacher-evaluation system. Since the 2009-10 school year, Kenton County has been using a rubric-based performance-evaluation model that teachers, school administrators and district officials collaboratively researched, designed and implemented, according to Michael Dailey, director of the Department of [...]
The Kentucky Board of Education simplified how test scores will be used to calculate how well schools are doing in the new assessment and accountability system during its February meeting.
Students learn life skills, core content and more through the arts in Jefferson County.
District 180 provides an opportunity for persistently low-achieving schools to see a light at the end of the tunnel.
McCracken County's agriculture program ensures that "students are able to apply what they learn in careers and in life."
Grayson County's career and technical education program demonstrates how student organizations and the classroom are integrated together to achieve student success.
By Matthew Tungate matthew.tungate@education.ky.gov The General Assembly’s 2009 Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) overhauled education in Kentucky, ending the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS) and requiring the state Department of Education to establish new, clearer curriculum standards that are better aligned for college readiness and global competition, among other things. However, even superintendents had trouble digesting all the changes – [...]
Kentucky’s plan to increase college and career readiness relies heavily on a tool already familiar to teachers and students in the state – the Individual Learning Plan (ILP).