It is hard to be vulnerable opening ourselves to criticism, constructive or otherwise, allowing access to our worries, our flaws, and the questions that we have but don’t dare ask aloud. However, if Brene Brown is right, we must tap into that vulnerable part of ourselves for true change to occur.
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July 27, 2022FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFor More Information, Contact:Suzetta Creech, 859-940-1790OWENSBORO, Ky. — Community members of Owensboro confronted three alarming statistics: 49% of students are not kindergarten ready as reported by the Brigance screener in 2019-2020. 9% of students failed to reach reading proficiency by 3rd …
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Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership (CIPL), founding staff were recognized as recipients of the...
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June 7, 2022FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFor More Information Contact:Brigitte Blom, President and CEO(office) 859-233-9849(cell) 859-322-8999brigitte@prichardcommittee.orgFrank SheltonKnox County Public Schools(606) 546-3157 ext. 2446frank.shelton@knox.kyschools.usBARBOURVILLE, Ky. — Knox County Middle School beat the odds. Of more than 400 middle schools statewide, only 4 emerged as “Bright Spot” schools. Knox Middle …
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Three years of effort to expand daily time for reteaching and quickly detect when students hadn’t fully grasped new material yielded major increases in student proficiency at Knox County Middle School. Now, emerging from hectic years of adjusting to pandemic restrictions, the entire school district is pursuing a strategy of significantly increase student learning by adding structure to how it covers and assesses academic standards.
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State law on charter schools has two kinds of requirements for student results:First, Kentucky’s school accountability system will apply. That system includes student assessments, other kinds of data, school ratings, and support and improvement actions when schools have especially weak results. It’s clear that charter …
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Here are some important examples of Kentucky rules that charter schools probably will not have to follow:
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In charter school operation, the authorizer is a government body that approves an application to form a charter school, enters a contract with the school’s board, provides oversight, and decides on renewal or closure of the school. Options and Appeals Kentucky law allows multiple authorizers …
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