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Learning to teach the world around us

By Amy Wallot amy.wallot@education.ky.gov It was cold and getting dark, but the educators gathered at Lake Cumberland State Resort Park couldn’t wait to get outside. The outside, after all, was what they were there to learn about. I was there for the first day of a three-day environmental workshop. It was the first of the four-part series for this year’s Professional [...]

By |2023-01-04T14:56:05-05:00December 4, 2014|

Student council, commissioner discuss school issues

Members of the fourth incarnation of the Next-Generation Student Advisory Council met with Commissioner Terry Holliday, Kentucky Board of Education Chairman Roger Marcum and other KDE staff and government officials during their first meeting of the 2014-15 school year.

By |2018-09-24T14:52:57-04:00November 20, 2014|

Hopkins schools learn the power of positive behavior

Thousands of Kentucky educators are learning more about Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports thanks to free training that meets the requirements of a new state regulation on the use of restraint and seclusion in Kentucky schools.

By |2014-11-18T11:31:47-05:00November 18, 2014|

Superheroes help Johnson Elementary succeed

Students, administrators and teachers say that the family-like atmosphere, the community’s commitment to education and innovative teachers are why Robert D. Johnson Elementary was one for four public schools in the state to receive the 2014 National Blue Ribbon designation from the U.S. Department of Education.

By |2020-03-25T16:05:51-04:00November 11, 2014|

Opening students up to Close the Deal

Every time I attend a Close the Deal event, no matter where in the state, I hear the same thing from the adults there. “I wish they had something like this when I was in school.”

By |2019-02-11T14:08:02-05:00November 6, 2014|

Edcamp light on structure, heavy on learning

Nearly 200 teachers from Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana gathered recently at Thomas Nelson High School in Bardstown for the state’s first Edcamp, an “unconference” where educators set the agenda when they arrive at the event.

By |2018-12-04T15:08:14-05:00November 4, 2014|
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