Announcements

20 principals in executive leadership training

Twenty Kentucky public school principals have begun a year-long executive-level leadership training course usually reserved for the nation’s top CEOs. An advisory board made up of business leaders and school superintendents chose these women for the Kentucky Chamber Foundation’s Leadership Institute for School Principals: Angie Akers, Glasscock Elementary School (Marion County) Michael Anderson, Calvert City Elementary School (Marshall County) Willie [...]

By Mike Marsee|2016-08-11T00:06:40-04:00August 11, 2016|

Central Kentucky high school students invited to math circle

The Central Kentucky High School Mathematics Circle, a weekend enrichment activity for students in grades 8-12 with an interest in mathematics, begins its new year with an organizational meeting at 7 p.m. Aug. 16 at 654 Maxwelton Court in Lexington. The circle is led by faculty and students from local colleges and universities. The informal sessions will consist of students [...]

By Mike Marsee|2016-08-10T23:59:20-04:00August 11, 2016|

Commissioner asks for feedback on ESSA draft regulations

Kentucky Education Commissioner Stephen Pruitt is asking educators and other education shareholders to send feedback to the U.S. Department of Education (USED) on proposed regulations for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Kentucky’s new accountability system must conform to the regulations, which provide the implementation details for the law, or the state must apply for waivers for those portions of [...]

By Mike Marsee|2019-02-20T15:17:01-05:00July 28, 2016|

Applications open for CTEPS leadership program

Applications are being accepted for the Kentucky Network to Transform Teaching’s Classroom Teachers Enacting Positive Solutions (CTEPS) program. The program is a year-long, compensated professional learning experience in which teachers can work with colleagues from around the state to propose, implement and reflect on solutions to the challenges they face in their classrooms. CTEPS, which is open to full-time or [...]

By Mike Marsee|2016-07-27T16:24:10-04:00July 28, 2016|

Jefferson County educator studies at Library of Congress

Pam Coomer, library media specialist at Fairdale High School (Jefferson County), was selected from a pool of more than 300 applicants to participate in the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Summer Teacher Institute.

By Staff|2016-07-01T11:15:17-04:00July 14, 2016|

Grants allow more than 2,000 students to visit state parks

A transportation grant program sponsored by the Kentucky State Park Foundation (KSPF) has served more than 2,000 students with its latest round of grants to seven schools. The KSPF’s Inside Out Education initiative awards grants to schools that allows students to learn about the environment, history or culture at a Kentucky State Park. During the past two years, the program’s [...]

By Mike Marsee|2016-06-22T16:42:49-04:00June 23, 2016|

Nominations sought for Writing Program Advisory Committee

Nominees should be classroom teachers (K-12) who have an interest in promoting literacy, especially writing, in their classrooms

By Staff|2016-06-22T10:48:31-04:00June 23, 2016|

Graves custodian leads roundtable discussion at RESPECT conference

Matthew Powell, the head custodian at Graves County Central Elementary School, was selected to facilitate a roundtable discussion with fellow education support professionals from across Kentucky, along with Kentucky Education Commissioner Stephen Pruitt and Kentucky Education Association President Stephanie Winkler. The event took place June 11 in Lexington at the second annual Kentucky Representing Education Support Professionals Ensuring Career-Development Training (RESPECT) [...]

By Mike Marsee|2016-06-15T14:26:11-04:00June 16, 2016|

Bullitt schools receive $90,000 in PLTW grants

Four elementary schools and three middle schools in Bullitt County have been awarded Project Lead The Way grants funded by the Bemis Company Foundation. Hebron, Mount Washington and Zoneton middle schools will receive $20,000 each over the next two years in PLTW Gateway grants. Cedar Grove, Crossroads, Lebanon Junction and Shepherdsville elementary schools will receive $7,500 each for two years [...]

By Mike Marsee|2016-06-08T15:47:55-04:00June 9, 2016|

Three Bullitt schools earn STLP Gold Status

Three Bullitt County schools – Overdale and Roby elementary schools and Bernheim Middle School – have earned Gold Status for their Student Technology Leadership Program for the first time after meeting specific criteria and providing evidence of their service and achievement to a panel of judges. STLP schools that reach Gold Status may submit additional projects to STLP district competitions. [...]

By Mike Marsee|2020-09-21T08:44:17-04:00June 9, 2016|