New director to guide charter schools
Earl Simms will bring his experience working with charters in Missouri to bear as the state finalizes regulations governing new kind of public school in the Commonwealth.
Inquiring minds
Boyle County schools have expanded inquiry-based learning to multiple subjects and grade levels as part of a pilot project that educators hope will help students develop critical thinking skills.
Family atmosphere key to success at Rich Pond
Warren County's Rich Pond Elementary School is one of two Kentucky public schools to be named this year as a Blue Ribbon winner for the second time. There are only eight public schools in Kentucky to earn the award twice since the program began in 1982.
The benefits of biliteracy
New programs in two school districts are recognizing students who are proficient in more than one language.
A professional middle school musical
If there's one thing that Carlee Cornett does not want someone walking out of the plays put on by Lincoln County Middle School to say it's this: "That was cute."
Finding the strength
Kentucky schools using the suicide prevention program Sources of Strength, which mobilizes student social networks to promote positive behaviors.
Focusing on the future of career education
School districts, postsecondary institutions and other entities are pooling their resources to create more opportunities for students through New Skills for Youth Kentucky.
Blue Ribbon winner Norton Elementary wants to be even better
Emily Iliff, the assistant-principal of Norton Elementary, says that part of what makes her school so successful is the family atmosphere that exists inside the schoolhouse walls. Norton recently was named a 2017 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.
Keeping students in their seats
Chronic absenteeism has a place in Kentucky’s new accountability system, as well as a definition that has been written into a regulation.
Equity a driving force behind course code changes
The Kentucky Department of Education has been working to streamline its lists of course codes and to link specific standards to them.