Empowering teachers without leaving children behind
Educators from Kentucky and other states gathered at a regional summit in Louisville to discuss and refine teacher leadership proposals.
Educators from Kentucky and other states gathered at a regional summit in Louisville to discuss and refine teacher leadership proposals.
Teachers at Sheldon Clark High School (Martin County) use a 30-minute intervention period to boost academic and technical skills.
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 [...]
Thirteen school districts are creating programs for snowbound students.
With the help of a $30 million grant, 17 school districts are beefing up their technology to advance personalized learning.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.