Doc H's Blog

During the August Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) meeting, Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Associate Commissioner Amanda Ellis pro...

This week Kentucky’s educator effectiveness system was a topic for discussion at a meeting sponsored by the Southern Regional Education Boar...

A guiding principle for our work in Kentucky is that we do the hard work of reform WITH teachers and not TO teachers. What does this princip...

T his week, we sent out an apology to Kentucky teachers. We apologized for the software glitches that teachers were confronted with when th...

With the implementation of our new Professional Growth and Effectiveness System this fall, I have been closely monitoring the national conve...

In order for more students to achieve success by reaching college- and career-readiness standards, we must have a highly effective teacher i...

It’s been about six months since Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) leadership and I met with all Kentucky school district superintenden...

This week, The New Teacher Project (TNTP) published  a follow-up report to its October 2012 study, “The   Irreplaceables: Understanding the...

All in all, the 2013 session of the General Assembly was a very productive session for education. The major initiative of the Governor, Firs...

One of the most important education bills that the legislature is considering this session is HB 180 , which amends KRS 156.557 to update s...

This week, Kentucky made significant movement toward a statewide teacher and principal effectiveness system. While Kentucky usually is...