Family-school partnerships are important for student success. Research shows when families are involved in their children’s learning both at home and at school, their children do better in school. The national PTA has developed National Standards for Family-School Partnerships to help guide schools in establishing positive relationships with parents and other family members. The updated standards shift the focus from [...]
The Social Studies Assessment, Curriculum, and Instruction (SSACI) collaborative, a consortium of 22 states and organizations, including Kentucky, convened by the Council of Chief State School Officers, is working to publish a new Framework for Social Studies in preparation for new standards. SSACI is working to explicitly ensure that the Framework for Social Studies will support the Common Core English/language [...]
UK professors are hoping to use levels of content mastery to determine grades.
The U.S. Department of Education has asked Westat to conduct national focus groups to inform the planning of two national meetings on College and Career Ready Standards and Educator Evaluation Systems that will be held in March 2012. Three states -- Florida, Idaho and Kentucky -- have been selected to conduct the focus groups. The findings from the qualitative data collected [...]
Seventh-graders are making gains through online investment challenge.
Franklin County teacher brings year-long STEM learning to 5th graders.
A greater emphasis is being placed on oral, auditory communication in Kentucky schools.
Two groups, both receiving input from Kentucky, are working on national science and social studies standards, respectively.
Kentucky teachers will have a new 21st-century instructional tool when they return to the classroom for the 2011-12 school year. The Continuous Instructional Improvement Technology System (CIITS) is a searchable online database of Kentucky academic standards and student learning targets aligned and linked to high-quality instructional resources from Discovery Education. The system is designed to help teachers as they implement [...]
The Conceptual Framework for the Next Generation Science Education Standards was released Tuesday, July 19, by the National Academies. It is available to download or read online for free at www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13165. This document is not a set of standards. Rather, it is the conceptual framework from which the new science standards will be created. Schools are cautioned to make only [...]