Transitional courses paying off at East Carter High School
Students missing benchmarks are getting extra help with transitional courses.
Five schools chosen as Blue Ribbon Schools
The U. S. Department of Education (USED) has named five Kentucky public schools as 2013 National Blue Ribbon Schools, based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in improving student academic achievement. The five Kentucky schools are: Auburn Elementary, Logan County Beechwood High School, Beechwood Ind. Glendover Elementary, Fayette County Mann Elementary, Boone County Star Elementary, Carter County The [...]
Kentucky receives additional school improvement grant funding
Kentucky, 24 other states and the District of Columbia will share nearly $220 million in School Improvement Grant (SIG) funding provided by the U.S. Department of Education. SIG funds provide grants to state educational agencies that are used to assist school districts as they work to raise student achievement in persistently low-achieving (PLA) schools, now designated as Priority Schools through [...]
Final schools earn TELL survey cash
Kentucky schools and educators earned cash prizes recently for their participation in the fourth and final week of the Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning (TELL) Kentucky survey. The winners are: School: Horizons Academy, Nelson County school district Educator: Prichard Elementary, Carter County school district School districts with 50 percent or higher participation: Boyd County (87.87 percent) and Erlanger-Elsmere Independent (91.16 [...]