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Frieda Gebert, the drama teacher at Boyle County High School, has the cast of "Sister Act" come together before the final performance at the Ragged Edge Theater in Harrodsburg. The school has to rent the theater because it does not have a performance space. Photo by Bobby Ellis, May 12, 2018
Features

Making room for drama

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Boyle County’s drama program makes do with no performing space, but will soon have a new home.
Teacher Aneesah Nu'Man, right, works with Yennifer Coca during her AP Computer Science Principles class at Iroquois High School (Jefferson County). Nu’Man is one of more than 100 teachers across the state now teaching computer science thanks to the computer science initiative, which includes a professional learning component aimed at training computer science teachers. Photo by Bobby Ellis, April 23, 2018
Features

Spreading computer science across Kentucky

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KDE’s three-year initiative is designed to expand access to and participation in computer science courses and bring advanced coursework to underserved students.
Library Media

Student poems sought for CAVERNS anthology

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“CAVERNS: Kentucky Middle School Poetry is celebrating April as National Poetry Month by asking grade 6-8 teachers and school librarians to encourage their students to write original poetry for consideration for publication in the 2019 edition.
Zoe Castle, an 8th-grader at Johnson County Middle School and academic team captain, writes down a math problem during a quick recall match. The school's academic team has won the Governor's Cup 15 times. Photo by Bobby Ellis, March 19, 2018
Features

Governor’s Cup makes academics “in”

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For 32 years, Kentucky schools have been competing for the Governor’s Cup in a statewide academic competition designed to mirror athletics.
Literacy

The challenge of summarizing expository text in intermediate grades

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The ability to summarize informational text in a clear, concise manner does not come easily to all students. This high-level skill is particularly daunting for students who struggle with reading, oral language and attention.
PE teacher Angela Stark, watches as Marianne Gebb, left, and Sofia Wu attempt to play plank hockey by sliding a bean bag between each other's arms during Stark's class at the School for the Creative and Performing Arts (Fayette County.) Stark is a finalist for National Middle School Teacher of the Year. Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 29, 2018
Features

Physical education beyond the gym

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National Middle School PE Teacher of the Year finalist Angela Stark teaches her Fayette County students the skills they need to live a healthy life.
Brooke Powers, right, a 7th-grade mathematics teacher at Beaumont Elementary School (Fayette County) who was named a Milken Education Award winner Jan. 9, poses for a selfie with former Milken award winner Greta Casto, the chief information officer at Russell Independent schools, following the announcement of Powers' award. Powers is one of 44 Milken Educators who will be honored in 2017-18, and the only one in Kentucky. Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 9, 2017
Features

An unlikely math teacher shines as Milken award winner

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Brooke Powers, a 7th-grade mathematics teacher in Fayette County, is the first Kentucky educator in three years to receive prestigious recognition.
Announcements

National STEM Scholar Program accepting applications for 2018 cohort

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Applications are being accepted for the 2018 cohort of the National STEM Scholar Program, an advanced professional learning program for middle school science teachers to be held June 3-9 on the campus of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green.
Commissioner of Education Stephen Pruitt, left, and Fayette County Superintendent Emmanuel Caulk speak with Brooke Powers after she was named as a 2017-18 Milken Educator Award winner. Powers, a 7th-grade math teacher and math department chair at Beaumont Middle School, is the only Milken Award winner from Kentucky this year, and is among just 44 honorees for 2017-18. Photo by Bobby Ellis, Jan. 9, 2018
News

Fayette County’s Brooke Powers earns $25,000 Milken Educator Award

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Pop Quiz: When is 1 equal to 1.5 or 2? When Brooke Powers is your math teacher, because her students at Beaumont Middle School (Fayette County) show 1.5 to two years growth in math progress per year.
Fourth-graders Cruz King, left, and Eli McGuffey use tiles to work out a word problem in Crystin Moore's math class at Junction City Elementary (Boyle County). Moore is using inquiry-based lessons as part of pilot program to spread inquiry-based learning to more subjects. Photo by Bobby Ellis, Nov. 30, 2017
Features

Inquiring minds

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Boyle County schools have expanded inquiry-based learning to multiple subjects and grade levels as part of a pilot project that educators hope will help students develop critical thinking skills.
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