Milken award winner helping students, colleagues excel
Laura Cole, a mathematics teacher in Kenton County who was the recipient of a Milken Educator Award, chose teaching over accounting and has impacted both students and fellow teachers.
Math Design Collaborative: Madison County’s story
When Madison County mathematics educators asked themselves what they needed to do to improve, they decided that the work of the Math Design Collaborative would be a great fit for their district's teachers and students.
Using PLCs to support the Mathematics Design Collaborative work
Professional learning communities can be a great support for teachers involved with the Mathematics Design Collaborative.
It’s all about the ‘C’ in MDC
The Mathematics Design Collaborative is just as it suggests, a collaborative of people involved in the work of improving mathematics teaching and learning.
KDE hosting LDC, MDC community meetings
To support educators with the effective implementation of the literacy and mathematical standards, the Kentucky Department of Education will provide regularly scheduled community meetings via Skype focusing on the resources, tools and frameworks of the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) and the Mathematical Design Collaborative (MDC). The next meetings for each community, with links for more information, are: Literacy Design Collaborative, [...]
SREB college- and career-readiness standards networking conference on July 14-16
The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) is extending an invitation for superintendents to attend SREB’s College- and Career-Readiness Standards Networking Conference on July 14-16, 2014, at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. This year, Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will keynote the opening session on July 14 at 1 p.m. For information [...]