From a young age, Amanda Abell felt called to teach. “I always had an interest in being a teacher and working with youth. It’s something I felt I was very passionate about and something I was meant to do,” she said.
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) regional coordinators have been named for each of Kentucky’s educational cooperatives to provide DEI guidance and support to their membership districts.
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has partnered with the Regional Educational Laboratory to begin drafting new surveys to help identify needs occurring across the state due to the COVID-19 crisis.
School threat assessment teams are adopting the Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines as a result of regional trainings by education cooperatives across the state.
Most of the college and career readiness counselors hired in 22 districts through a federal grant are still in place, even though the grant has ended.
The Kentucky Department of Education has recognized three educational organizations and their employees for their dedication and support of education technology by selecting them as recipients of the 2016-17 Stilwell Award.
Kentucky is now one of the national leaders in student empowerment due to a $41 million Race-to-the Top-District grant the U.S. Department of Education awarded in 2013 for a project between the Green River Regional Educational Cooperative and the Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative.
The Race to the Top Kid-FRIENDLy (Kids-Focused, Responsible, Imaginative, Engaged, Determined to Learn) Personalized Learning Symposium will be Feb. 28 for elementary school educators and March 2 for middle school and high school educators at Green River Regional Educational Cooperative (GRREC) in Bowling Green. There will be three morning sessions presented in a TeachMeet format and afternoon sessions in an [...]
Marion County English teacher uses content from a social studies class to improve her students’ literacy skills.
Middle school and high school students are invited to participate in the 21st annual Regional Bridge Building Competition on March 12 in Bowling Green. The event is hosted by the Western Kentucky University Ogden College of Science, Department of Engineering, SKyTeach Program and the Green River Regional Educational Cooperative. Students design, construct and test simplified versions of real-world bridges within [...]