Lori Jones begins her legacy as new superintendent of Woodford County
Lori Jones is stepping into her new role as superintendent of Woodford County Public Schools with 25 years of experience in education.
Superintendents hear update on literacy efforts, ESSER funds during Superintendents Webcast
Officials with the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) provided an update on the department’s efforts to bolster literacy education during the Superintendents Webcast on Aug. 15.
At Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program, ESSER funds help students find community in diversity
When students meet each other for the first time at the Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program and ask where they’re from, they turn their hands sideways and curl in their thumb, creating a rough shape of the state. “If you were from Centre College, you'd be in the middle,” explained Marshall County native Sarah Umbarger, pointing to her palm. “Or if you're from Lexington, maybe a little over here, and it's just where you are on the map, and it helps just like visualize like where people are at in Kentucky.”
Taking on the process of building better graduates
The Kentucky Department of Education is gathering feedback about possible changes to high school graduation requirements.
Step by step: Clay County students use pedometers to get moving, learning
Pedometers have been a ‘wonderful experience’ for elementary schools.