Corbin, South Laurel to be awarded

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July 12, 2010

Honored for performance, improvement in assessments

Anonymous The Times-Tribune The Times-Tribune Mon Jul 12, 2010, 02:12 PM EDT

CORBIN — Special to the Times-Tribune

The Southern Regional Education Board is recognizing 62 high schools and technology centers in 21 states, including Kentucky, with national awards for outstanding achievement in school improvement and preparing more students for success in high school, college, careers and citizenship.

SREB President Dave Spence will present the awards Wednesday in Louisville during the 24th annual High Schools That Work Staff Development Conference, an event that will bring together thousands of educators to focus on boosting student performance in the nation’s public schools.

“These 62 schools have shown the great progress that can be made when schools deeply implement the High Schools That Work and Technology Centers That Work designs for strengthening curriculum and instruction,” said Gene Bottoms, SREB senior vice president and founder of the High Schools That Work (HSTW) and Technology Centers That Work (TCTW) school improvement programs. “These schools illustrate the spirit of change that SREB advocates and supports.”

The schools will receive one of five national SREB awards, based on performance on the 2010 HSTW Assessment and state data.

Corbin High School will be designated as an HSTW Pacesetter School, an honor given to schools that exemplify the progress schools can make when leaders truly embrace change and support improvement efforts. These schools are model HSTW sites that deeply implement the HSTW design, teach students a rigorous curriculum linked to a program of study, and have high achievement.

Sough Laurel High School will receive the HSTW Gold Achievement Award, an award given to schools in which at least 50 percent of students earned the HSTW Award of Educational Achievement based on their performance on the 2010 HSTW Assessment. To earn this award, students met all three readiness goals on the assessment, completed the HSTW-recommended curriculum in at least two subjects and completed a concentration in the humanities, mathematics/science or a career/technical area.

SREB, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization based in Atlanta, Ga., advises state education leaders on ways to improve education. SREB was created in 1948 by Southern governors and legislatures to help leaders in education and government work cooperatively to advance education and improve the social and economic life of the region. SREB has 16 member states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. Each is represented by its governor and four gubernatorial appointees.

For more information, visit www.sreb.org.

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