Tag: Wolfe County
Students selected for Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council
Thirteen Kentucky public high school students have been named to the Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council, a group that provides input to Kentucky Commissioner of Education Wayne Lewis.
Work group to consider changes to growth indicator in accountability system
Commissioner of Education Wayne Lewis has called for the creation of a group of key stakeholders from across the Commonwealth to review the state’s current growth calculation methodology and make recommendations for how to improve it before the release of school accountability data next fall.
Learning won’t stop when the snow piles up
Thirteen school districts are creating programs for snowbound students.
Why do they teach?
Three teachers from around the state talk about what led them to the profession and what keeps them there.
New standards, targets drive improved teaching
Teachers from across the state are spending this year transforming Kentucky’s new Core Academic Standards into usable learning targets – and developing the best ways to teach them.
Rebecca Potter, an 18-year veteran who teaches senior English and newspaper journalism at Letcher County Central High School, said integrating both content and technique can only benefit teachers.
