
Thirty Years Well Spent, The Kenny Bell Story
In 1992, a young teacher walked onto the Dessie Scott campus in Pine Ridge and started what would become one of the most quietly influential
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Billie Bowling
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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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Julia Bishop
The Power of BecauseOver the course of … Julia BishopRead More »
The Power of BecauseOver the course of the 2023-2024 school year, we have worked to assess what the success rate would be if we added the “because” tool within our language arts classrooms. The initial problem of practice was...
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Angelia Back
Single-Sentence Summaries Reading … Angelia BackRead More »
Single-Sentence Summaries Reading comprehension is the ability to read text, process it, and understand its meaning. It involves connecting words and ideas and drawing conclusions and inferences. Reading comprehension is required in all classes to help students learn and become...
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Brentton Akers
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Engaging Students with Questioning My action research project was based on the technique “Questioning in Style.” Through this process, it challenged me to use better questioning techniques to improve student engagement. My goal was to improve the engagement of my...
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Meagen Adams
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Thinking Through Mathematical Application Problems The action research project sought to investigate the efficacy of integrating the Deeper Learning "Math Tools" strategy in improving student performance on the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test. The study addressed a recognized challenge...

In 1992, a young teacher walked onto the Dessie Scott campus in Pine Ridge and started what would become one of the most quietly influential

What a Food Show! On April 30th, KVEC brought together 11 vendors, food service directors from across our 28 member districts, and a group of