Building relationships, one house at a time
Teachers at an Anderson County elementary school started their school year by paying a visit to every student in their classroom.
We are not an island
Anderson County teacher Brandy Beasley shares her thoughts on why mentoring is key to keeping new teachers in the classroom.
Anderson, Henderson elementaries to present at Model Schools Conference
South Heights Elementary School (Henderson County) and Robert B. Turner Elementary School (Anderson County) were chosen as 2016 Model Schools by the International Center for Leadership in Education. Representatives from the two schools will present at the Model Schools Conference June 26-29 in Orlando, Fla. South Heights was chosen for the sixth consecutive year, the longest streak of any elementary [...]
Project-based learning helping students solve future problems now
Students in Anderson County Middle School's STEM class are finding solutions for problems that might affect the world they live in years from now as part of an innovative project.
No more ‘shushing’ in these school libraries
School libraries across the state are transforming from places to just check out books to places where students create, collaborate and use digital media to enhance their learning.
When failure leads to success
‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again’ goes beyond experimentation in Kentucky schools.
Teachers from Madison, Anderson counties elected to KEA positions
KEA president-elect Stephanie Winkler The Kentucky Education Association recently elected a new president and vice president. Stephanie Winkler, 4th- and 5th-grade science teacher at Mayfield Elementary School (Madison County), was chosen as KEA’s president-elect, and Lisa Petrey-Kirk was elected vice president-elect. Winkler and Petry-Kirk will assume their new positions on June 15, each serving three-year terms. Winkler said [...]
Teachers learn to teach art by becoming students
In 1963, Jeffrey Jamner’s kindergarten teacher in New York begged his parents to get him piano lessons. The now-classically trained concert pianist said he was a “non-responsive” child who only became interested in school when his teacher played music.