Education Commissioner Terry Holliday Education Commissioner Terry Holliday recently had a column published in the Cincinnati Enquirer in which he discusses the link between Senate Bill 1 and the Kentucky Core Academic Standards. This is a longer version of that column. Our goal in Kentucky is to provide students in our state with a world class education that will prepare them for [...]
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 [...]
ILP hits a milestone with this year’s graduating class.
College and career readiness event looks to be bigger and better in second year.
Computer-Aided Drafting class helps students develop technical and academic skills while learning the importance of planning, teamwork and deadlines.
Education Commissioner Terry Holliday’s recent blog entry focuses on the improvement that occurred in our college and career readiness (CCR) rates and recognizes the top 10 districts for CCR as well as the top 10 most improved districts. Congratulations to these districts for this achievement. The commissioner’s blog can be found at the following link: http://kyedcommissioner.blogspot.com/.
REL Appalachia is sponsoring a Kentucky Bridging Event on Oct. 23 at Berea College. Bridging Research to Practice: Helping Students Navigate the Path to College is a partnership between the Kentucky Department of Education, the Collaborative for Teaching and Learning (CTL), the CCR Alliance at Eastern Kentucky University, the Kentucky Association of School Administrators and GEAR Up at Berea College. [...]
In a move to help produce the skilled workforce businesses require today and in the future, Governor Steve Beshear signed an executive order Tuesday that will overhaul the state’s career and technical education (CTE) system. The order unites the state’s two CTE systems under the guidance of Kentucky’s Department of Education. The goal is to create a unified, more [...]
After teaching high schoolers the ins and outs of government, history and economics for 27 years, state Rep. Derrick Graham has retired from Frankfort High School. .
Ron Clark teaching techniques hit the right notes with Covington Independent students.