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Register Now for the 2025 March Leadership Meetings
Register Now for the 2025 March Leadership Meetings In order to provide vibrant learning environments for all students, it is important for schools and districts to translate the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) into a guaranteed and viable curriculum. The regional educational cooperatives, in partnership with the [...]
District Spotlight: Powell County Transforms the Teacher Experience with High-Quality Instructional Resources
District Spotlight: Powell County Transforms the Teacher Experience with High-Quality Instructional Resources When Powell County Schools embarked on the journey to adopt a high-quality instructional resource (HQIR) for mathematics, the district’s leadership aimed to address long-standing challenges faced by teachers. Over the years, educators had been [...]
High School Economics Webinar: What do the Kentucky Academics Standards (KAS) for Social Studies look like in practice?
High School Economics Webinar: What do the Kentucky Academics Standards (KAS) for Social Studies look like in practice? The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has partnered with the St. Louis Federal Reserve to showcase what a social studies learning experience aligned to the KAS for Social Studies looks like in [...]
Developing Skilled Middle and High School Readers Webinar Series Session 5 Materials and Recording Available Now
Developing Skilled Middle and High School Readers Webinar Series Session 5 Materials and Recording Available Now As early literacy instruction in Kentucky continues to transform with structured literacy practices, Kentucky Reading Academies’ LETRS professional learning, and the Read to Succeed Act (SB 9, 2022), the Developing Skilled Middle and High [...]
Kentucky Numeracy Counts K-3 HQIR Grant
Kentucky Numeracy Counts K-3 HQIR Grant The Kentucky Department of Education's (KDE’s) Office of Teaching and Learning has issued a request for application (RFA) for the Kentucky Numeracy Counts K-3 HQIR grant. Kentucky public school districts, along with the Kentucky School for the Blind and Kentucky [...]
NEW Professional Learning Module: Using an Anchoring Phenomenon to Drive Three-Dimensional Teaching and Learning
NEW Professional Learning Module: Using an Anchoring Phenomenon to Drive Three-Dimensional Teaching and Learning Unlock the power of anchoring phenomena to create meaningful, three-dimensional science instruction aligned to the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science! This professional learning module is designed for use in district, school, [...]