Tiny house teaching big lessons
Casey County High School teacher Garlen Whitis decided go small for his construction class after years teaching students to build larger homes.
White House History Teacher Institute accepting applications
Applications are being accepted for the 2017 White House History Teacher Institute, scheduled for July 17-21 in Washington, D.C. The workshop allows educators to discover the history behind the White House and explore how stories from the building can be used to enhance social studies classrooms. The institute is open to all middle school and high school educators, including library media [...]
Performance of science
Washington County science teachers work to improve instruction and assessment across the state and nation with formative assessment practices.
Teachers invited to participate in pilot testing of biology assessments
The American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) Project 2061 is seeking the help of high school science teachers in developing biology assessment questions as part of two projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The questions will measure students’ understanding of ideas about biology such as natural selection, heredity, speciation, human body functions, homeostasis and cellular respiration. [...]
Helping rising educators
A new education career pathway and a new student organization are designed to help Kentucky school districts grow their own teachers.
A hub of school improvement
Kentucky’s school turnaround efforts, including the Hub School program, have been lauded as one of the strongest school turnaround models in the nation.
Back from the brink
Two years after nearly collapsing, Robertson County schools are seeing enrollment and test scores grow.
Students and teachers benefit from public library partnership
Allen County schools is the first district in the state to give all students full access to the local public library.
Principal sees value, rigor in world languages
Western Hills High School Principal Greg Roush honored as 2016 Kentucky World Language Association Administrator of the Year.
Imagine the benefits of performance tasks
Clark County's Maggie Doyle shares how she learned that integrating a performance task into a unit in her high school mathematics classroom doesn't have to mean sacrificing content or pacing.
