Students selected for Commissioner’s Student Council
Sixteen Kentucky public high school students have been named to the Commissioner’s Student Council, a group that provides input to Kentucky Commissioner of Education Stephen Pruitt.
Two Kentucky career and technical education teachers named finalists for national award
Two Kentucky career and technical education teachers have qualified as finalists in the Association for Career and Technical Education’s Excellence Awards.
Nelson, Rowan teachers receive environmental awards
Teachers from Nelson and Rowan counties were honored by the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education (KAEE) as two of its six Excellence in Environmental Education Awards. Kathy Miller, a 2nd- and 3rd-grade teacher at Cox’s Creek Elementary School (Nelson County), was named the first winner of the Mary Kathryn Dickerson Outstanding Educator of the Year award. Jennifer Pecco, a 6th-grade [...]
Board of education discusses new accountability system
At its meeting in Frankfort, the Kentucky Board of Education discussed the development of a new accountability system for public schools under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Deck the walls
Teachers use summer break and art to highlight leadership principles at New Haven School in Nelson County.
Flipping over classrooms and crickets
Teachers learn new ideas to keep students interested at the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education’s annual conference.
Thomas Nelson tears down walls by working online
Students, teachers and leaders at Thomas Nelson High School do much of their business online, and school leaders say it has “revolutionized” the way the school is run.
A look back at 2014 in photos
This year I had the opportunity to photograph a couple of events that have been going on for years, but I had never attended, such as the graduation ceremony at the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Training Center and bus driver training.
Getting a Boston education
By Amy Wallot amy.wallot@education.ky.gov Tucked away in western Nelson County is Boston Elementary School. It serves about 300 kindergarten through 8th-grade students and was designated a Kentucky School of Highest-Performance for 2011-12. I stopped in for a visit to the school recently and saw a wide variety of learning. It was a fun visit highlighted with an unexpected activity during [...]
A fishy start to a new sport
It was a chilly morning in April as boats gathered around the dock at KenLake Marina for the first Kentucky High School Athletics Association bass fishing championship.