College of Education helps innovate Kentucky schools –– from uknow.uky.edu by Amanda Nelson
Excerpt:
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 1, 2012) — Several Kentucky school districts have started working with the University of Kentucky College of Education in a unique partnership to innovate and improve schools. The districts are participating in the college’s Next Generation Leadership (NxGL) Academy, an output of its Kentucky P20 Innovation Lab.
From DSC:
It seems like there would be a lot of WIN-WINs here:
- Better/closer collaboration between K-12 and higher ed
- Enhanced student teaching experiences
- Better pulse checking on where the changing K-12 student is at
- More informed teams — bringing a variety of perspectives to the table — to look at the best ways to reform education
- and more