Law and order attracts students to program at Scott County school
Scott County students get an in-depth look at law and justice in a unique three-course program.
Two honored as PE teachers of the year
The 2014 KAHERD teachers of the year are Daniel Hill, a teacher at Tates Creek Elementary (Fayette County) and Rhonda Smith, a teacher at Lloyd Memorial High School (Elsmere-Erlanger Independent).
State becoming a leader in CTE academic integration
Sixteen schools will participate in a program designed to help career and technical education teachers and academic teachers begin to speak the same educational language.
Poetry takes center stage in state competition
Reciting a poem over a hundred years old, but with feelings still relevant today, Grant County High School sophomore Haley Bryan won the Kentucky Poetry Out Loud state competition. Her chosen poem in the final round was Revenge by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
Adaptive recreation can make all PE students feel like part of the team
At a recent adaptive recreation training, teachers learned how physical education classes can be adapted to include students with disabilities, and at the same time break down walls between differently abled students.
Grant to help schools be more AWARE of students’ mental health needs
An $8.1 million federal grant will help Kentucky schools create safer learning environments and promote behavioral health to improve educational outcome for all students.
Thinking of the future
Across the state 160 school districts as well as the Kentucky School for the Blind and Kentucky School for the Deaf are participating in Operation Preparation 2015. Four districts attended daylong events at Kentucky State University in Frankfort last week.
Teaching students to think globally
In order to compete in the 21st century economy, Kentucky students must learn to think globally. Fourteen elementary and middle schools across the state will become models for implementing globally competency into schools’ curriculum.
State will focus on Novice reduction to close achievement gaps
KDE’s new strategy includes identifying eight work areas and best practices to improve student achievement.
KDE, educators smoothing new pathway to early graduation
More students than expected are taking advantage of a newly created pathway to early graduation.
