2012 November Advocate Homepage

Turnaround teachers
First things first doesn’t always mean the same thing when a low-performing school begins its turnaround – some start with school culture, some with student attitude. For Greenup County High School, it was teachers who had the spotlight.

BYOD
It’s an acronym that will probably soon be as familiar as KERA or K-PREP: Bring Your Own Device. For multiple reasons, more districts are allowing students to use their own smartphones, tablets and similar electronics in the classroom. There are both pluses and challenges, as districts have learned.

 

 

Prepping for K-PREP
KSBA’s Fall Regional Meetings this year tackled the topic on the mind of every educator and school board member: the state’s new assessment system. Attendees learned about its components, how they fit together and – perhaps equally important – how the results will be conveyed to the public.