
Historic Dessie Scott School Building Destroyed by Fire
A landmark in the Pine Ridge community was lost late Thursday night, January 22, as fire destroyed the main school building on the Dessie Scott
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Mary Dotson
Sk…Sk….Sketch It Out- Visualize Voc … Mary DotsonRead More »
Sk…Sk….Sketch It Out- Visualize Vocabulary The Visualizing Vocabulary tool by The Thoughtful Classroom is a resource designed to help students develop a deeper understanding of new vocabulary words by engaging their visual and cognitive skills. I have implemented this tool...
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Michael Davidson
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Becoming Active Readers & Citing Evidence Using Reading for MeaningAfter surveying teachers in our district, we found the most common problem across all grade levels & content areas is that students do not support their thinking with text evidence....
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Kari Cornett
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Making Thinking Visible Inspiration In my science classes, I have noticed over time that students are not adept at critical thinking - that is, they seem unable to connect ideas together to reach a conclusion. They are often unable to...
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Jeffrey Clair
Key to SuccessDuring the last academic … Jeffrey ClairRead More »
Key to SuccessDuring the last academic term, as part of the Deeper Learning Initiative in collaboration with KVEC and the Thoughtful Classroom, I implemented the "Keys to Success" strategy in my 9th-grade Earth & Space Science class at Breathitt...
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Cealia Clair
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Goal Setting to Create More Student Buy-InI decided to make my project Goal setting to Create More Student Buy In. After research and surveying my students as well as other teachers and administrators in my building I felt that...

A landmark in the Pine Ridge community was lost late Thursday night, January 22, as fire destroyed the main school building on the Dessie Scott

The district has officially launched a Professional Development Cadre for Aspiring Leaders, a new initiative designed to help educators who are ready to take the