The National and State Schools of Character program, sponsored by the Character Education Partnership (CEP), is a free school improvement process that has offered self-assessment and expert feedback to U.S. schools and districts engaged in character education since 1998. The Character Council of Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky, in partnership with CEP, offers the annual Kentucky State Schools of Character [...]
Twice each year, the Kentucky Bread Loaf Teacher Network meets to discuss and plan innovative, student-led collaborative projects. The next meeting is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 1 at Lafayette High School, 401 Reed Lane, Lexington. For information, contact Christopher McCurry or visit http://www.middlebury.edu/blse/bltn. The Bread Loaf Teacher Network (BLTN) is a network of teachers educated at Bread [...]
Sarah Yost By Sarah Yost, NBCT sarah.yost@jefferson.kyschools.us When A Nation at Risk was published in 1983, the American education system seemed to be shaken awake from the dreamy optimism of the 1970s to face the hard fact that public schools were not meeting all the needs of their students. Suddenly the era of open classrooms and holistic learning [...]
The Common Core State Standards in English/Language arts, as well as other college-and career-ready standards, place strong emphases on critical literacy, cross-curricular learning, and cultural understanding. A free Education Week webinar will explore how some educators are using those levers to create interdisciplinary units that integrate a variety of texts and learning methods to help students delve into social issues, [...]
The Appalachian Renaissance Initiative (ARI) will hold a Promising Practices Summit from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 24 at the Eastern Kentucky Expo Center in Pikeville. ARI, funded by a federal grant, is working to bring new technology to 17 districts and 99 schools in the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative. Event highlights will include: Authentic demonstrations of teaching [...]
The assessment field in K-12 education is in a period of transition — sparked by widespread dissatisfaction with conventional testing formats, changes in technology and developments in the learning sciences. In an Education Week webinar from 3 to 4 p.m. Oct. 20, two highly regarded experts in assessment innovation will discuss promising new and developing approaches to testing (both formative [...]
Freddie Bowling Jenkins Independent is a district that is constantly striving to provide every educational opportunity available to all students. Jenkins Independent School has made significant changes in the instructional program and is maintaining a positive academic growth pattern. Curriculum alignment and formative testing have been critical in ensuring all students are receiving access to a full course [...]
An externship program gives Jefferson County educators a better idea of how to incorporate real-world problems into their teaching.
Today, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) named East Carter High School as its third Hub School, joining Franklin-Simpson High School and Pulaski County High School, which were named Hub Schools last year. These schools have shown results of exponentially more college- or career-ready students than other schools and are selected based on data, monitoring visits and monitoring tools. Commissioner [...]
Registration has opened for the Kentucky Center for Mathematics’ 2015 annual conference, "Engage!" The conference be held March 9 and 10 at the Hilton Lexington/Downtown in Lexington. Speaker proposals are being accepted through Dec. 13. For more information, visit the conference website. The conference flier is here. Questions? Contact Mandy McDonough, KCM communications and events coordinator, at kcm@nku.edu.