Gov. Steve Beshear announced this week that the Kentucky has been named as one of seven states to participate in a two-year pilot program to train future teachers. The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) created the Network for Transforming Educator Preparation (NTEP) to help states ensure all new teachers are ready on the first day of their careers [...]
The Social Studies Assessment, Curriculum, and Instruction (SSACI) collaborative, a consortium of 22 states and organizations, including Kentucky, convened by the Council of Chief State School Officers, is working to publish a new Framework for Social Studies in preparation for new standards. SSACI is working to explicitly ensure that the Framework for Social Studies will support the Common Core English/language [...]
Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday is the president-elect of the Council of Chief State School Officers’ (CCSSO’s) 2013-14 Board of Directors.
Former Kentucky Education Commissioner Gene Wilhoit announced last week he is retiring as executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). Wilhoit plans to remain at CCSSO until a new executive director assumes the post. Under Wilhoit’s leadership, states have increasingly worked together to address critical issues including higher standards for students, richer assessments of [...]
Three of Kentucky’s top education supporters were recognized for their work in helping advance education in Southern and Eastern Kentucky at Forward in the Fifth’s 25th anniversary celebration and “Unbridled Learning” Educational Summit on Nov. 7 on the campus of Hazard Community and Technical College.
Forward in the Fifth – a nonprofit organization created in 1986 by U.S. Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) to reverse southern and eastern Kentucky’s low educational attainment levels – will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Nov. 7 in Hazard with an awards luncheon and Unbridled Learning Educational Summit. Educators, business leaders, parents and students from across the region will meet [...]
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is contracting with three Educators in Residence to assist the council in its work with states in their transformation from a highly-qualified workforce to a highly-effective workforce. These consultant positions will start work in late summer and will be available for up to three years. The Educators in Residence will work in [...]
Governor, Education Commissioner want Kentucky’s accountability model to be the standard Calling state authority and autonomy critical components of education improvement, Gov. Steve Beshear and Education Commissioner Terry Holliday today called on the U.S. Department of Education for flexibility in public school accountability under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. The Governor sent a letter to U.S. Secretary [...]
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) recently named Education Commissioner Terry Holliday as one of nine new board of directors for 2010-11. All new board members and officers are chief state school officers and continue their tenures in their respective states while serving on CCSSO’s board. […]