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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 [...]

By |2017-04-27T15:39:31-04:00April 13, 2017|

Performance of science

Washington County science teachers work to improve instruction and assessment across the state and nation with formative assessment practices.

By |2019-02-11T14:03:05-05:00April 11, 2017|

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. [...]

By |2017-04-05T15:14:24-04:00April 6, 2017|

Helping rising educators

A new education career pathway and a new student organization are designed to help Kentucky school districts grow their own teachers.

By |2018-11-21T13:22:32-05:00March 28, 2017|

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.

By |2017-03-13T10:18:56-04:00March 14, 2017|

Back from the brink

Two years after nearly collapsing, Robertson County schools are seeing enrollment and test scores grow.

By |2017-01-17T10:37:20-05:00January 17, 2017|

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.

By |2017-12-13T15:36:12-05:00November 17, 2016|
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