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KY first regional career academy offers students a competitive advantage in global economy
Incoming high school freshmen from Carroll, Gallatin, Henry, Owen and Trimble Counties now have a groundbreaking choice about where to go to high school. The superintendents of the five school districts announced this week they are opening Kentucky’s first regional career academy so their students can pursue competitive advantage for the Golden Triangle region’s highest-demand, highest-wage jobs. iLEAD Academy, located [...]
OP mentoring sessions spur students to pursue STEM careers
In 2012, Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday talked with sophomore Alex Kearns about his future college and career plans during Operation Preparation at Gallatin County High School. Photo by Amy Wallot, March 15, 2012 Students who were sophomores participating in Kentucky’s first Operation Preparation back in 2012 will be graduating high school in a few months. Two of [...]
Best of 2013
By Amy Wallot My photo archive for 2013 has just over 1,000 pictures in it. That’s just the selects, the best few from every shoot. Unedited, there are thousands more from schools all across the state. I often say I have the best job at the Kentucky Department of Education and reviewing my work from the past year reaffirms it. [...]
Student voice: ‘It’s not a popularity contest’
Student survey responses are a valuable way for teachers to reflect on their effectiveness.
Do you see what I see?
Peer, principal observations are key to proposed teacher effectiveness system.
Advisors give sound advice to 8th, 10th graders
Operation Preparation helps students plan for the future.
Twelve Kentucky school districts receive major grant
An $8.8 million, three-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will support teachers and students in 12 school districts, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) announced today. This investment, known as an “Integration Grant,” will support the integration of several critical streams of work – measures of effective teaching, implementation of the Common Core State Standards and the [...]
Teacher, principal effectiveness teams meet
Two panels of district leaders and educators have begun working with Kentucky Department of Education staff to develop the state’s new teacher and principal evaluation systems. The 28-member Teacher Effectiveness Steering Committee includes: Ann Porter, Mason County Board of Education member Kenneth Galloway, superintendent, Graves County school district Tim Hanner, superintendent, Kenton County school district Dot Perkins, superintendent, Gallatin County [...]