Franklin-Simpson in the sweet spot of agriculture education
High school’s agriculture program brings academic, career and technical education and leadership skills together for success.
PIMSER offers ACT Boot Camp for Science Teachers
The University of Kentucky’s Partnership Institute for Math and Science Education (PIMSER) will offer an ACT Boot Camp for Science Teachers Sept. 29-30 at the UK/Lexmark Center for Innovation in Math and Science Education in Lexington. The workshop is open to teachers in grades 9-12. Participants will practice strategies for accessing complex tests, analyzing data and opposing arguments, develop tasks [...]
More Kentucky graduates meet state benchmarks on ACT
More Kentucky public high school graduates are meeting the state’s college-readiness benchmarks on the ACT college-entrance exam, according to data released today by the Kentucky Department of Education.
Kentuckians honored for college/career-readiness contributions
The Kentucky Board of Education and ACT joined together to recognize several Kentuckians who exemplify the state’s commitment to college- and career-readiness and preparing students for success.
Learning system requires system that learns
Education Commissioner Terry Holliday To create a great system of learning, you must have a system that learns. This is true at the individual student level, as well as at the teacher, classroom, school, district, and state levels. A student moving through school will be more successful if they have a system that learns. For an individual, this [...]
High expectations are met at Blue Ribbon School
Beechwood uses vertical alignment to foster ACT and overall success.
Release of REL AP Kentucky Report
REL Appalachia released a study that should be of interest to all superintendents. The study looked at 11th grade students who did not reach ACT benchmarks and tracked the students to 12th grade to see how many students took senior level transition courses. It also looked at how many students passed the transition courses paving the way to college-ready status. The [...]
2014 ACT testing and inclement weather
Originally, ACT testing was scheduled statewide for March 4 (initial) and March 18 (make-up) for all Kentucky juniors. A few districts were in session on March 4 and were able to test. March 18 is the only make-up day for students who were absent in districts that tested on March 4. However, the majority of districts were out of session [...]
Kentucky’s college- and career-readiness efforts recognized
Education Commissioner Terry Holliday, left, Gov. Steve Beshear and ACT, Inc. recognized Hazard Community and Technical College President Dr. Stephen Greiner, Layfette High School (Fayette County) senior Devin O’Neil Morton, Murray High School (Murray Independent) Principal Teresa Speed and Citi Vice President of Public Affairs Crystal Gibson for their college and career readiness efforts during a press conference this [...]
Eagle Studio, other initiatives have Madison Southern soaring
Madison County high school has taken several routes to reach improvement.