Every day in Kumar Rashad’s classroom is a call for urgency. “Many of my students have died or got shot and killed,” said Rashad, a mathematics teacher at Breckinridge Metropolitan High School in Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS), an alternative school with students who have been in the criminal justice system.
An unconventional principal told educators at the Kentucky Department of Education’s Persistence to Graduation Summit they should be willing to disrupt the status quo to improve their schools.
The Kentucky Department of Education and the American Policy Youth Forum have collaborated on a report that features examples of key strategies and practices in four areas.
The Kentucky Educational Collaborative for State Agency Children (KECSAC) will host its 14th annual Alternative Strategies for Educating Students At-Risk: A Conference for Educators in Alternative Settings July 29-30 at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. The conference is free. Click here for more information or to register.
Register today for the Kentucky Educational Collaborative for State Agency Children’s 13th Annual Alternative Strategies for Educating Students At-Risk Conference July 23-24 Frankfort. The conference is free and an opportunity to network with colleagues while gaining valuable classroom strategies. More than 30 breakout sessions are scheduled. Click here to register. For questions, contact Katie Helton.