The Innovations for Learning conference, which focuses on innovative instructional strategies that engage students to improve learning, will be held June 11 at Bryan Station High School in Lexington. The conference, produced by the Office of Instructional Technology at Fayette County Schools, is open to any teacher, technology specialist, administrator or anyone else interested in using technology to improve student [...]
Teachers in Kentucky and Colorado are collaborating on a study to improve teacher’s instructional practices and increase the number of students who master the skills called for in their state’s academic standards.
Two public schools and one postsecondary institution are Kentucky’s nominees for the 2015 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School Recognition Award. First Lady Jane Beshear recognized Bryan Station Middle School (Fayette Co.), Royal Springs Middle School (Scott Co.) and Western Kentucky University (WKU) as Kentucky’s nominees at a recent Frankfort ceremony. The schools will compete on a national level; [...]
The 2015 STLP Championship brought more than 8,000 students, teachers, parents and volunteers to Lexington for the annual display of how Kentucky students are using technology to improve their schools, communities and themselves.
Kentucky Educational Television has rescheduled its episode of Education Matters, "Inside the Common Core," for 9 p.m. ET April 13. The program -- which will feature panelists joining host Bill Goodman to discuss the state's adoption and implementation of the Kentucky Core Academic Standards (KCAS) -- was originally scheduled to air in February, but production was delayed due to inclement weather. Panelists [...]
The 2014 KAHERD teachers of the year are Daniel Hill, a teacher at Tates Creek Elementary (Fayette County) and Rhonda Smith, a teacher at Lloyd Memorial High School (Elsmere-Erlanger Independent).
Sherri McPherson Naturally, when the Teacher Professional Growth and Effectiveness System (TPGES) was rolled out to our faculty many of us had questions. At my school, some of us wondered how this work would look in our large high school. Would our principals be stretched too thin with all of the observations and conferences? Others wondered how we [...]
Burrrrrrrrrr! Snowed piled up in record amounts across the state this week, causing many districts to cancel classes. Students in Fayette county took advantage of the snow days to get outside and have a little fun sledding.
Two hundred more Kentucky teachers have achieved National Board Certification, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) has announced, bring the state closer to its legislative goal of having at least one National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) in every public school. With 3,181 NBCTs overall, Kentucky ranks ninth in the nation, and only five states have more new NBCTs [...]
Members of the fourth incarnation of the Next-Generation Student Advisory Council met with Commissioner Terry Holliday, Kentucky Board of Education Chairman Roger Marcum and other KDE staff and government officials during their first meeting of the 2014-15 school year.