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COLLABDRATIVE EFFORTZEDUCATION
Background Buzz Collaborative Effort: Education
This Series will highlight As a'Commonwealth Collaborative, education is crucial if Kentucky is to increase its eco-
23 I, ·ectS aimed at nomrc competitiveness and enhance quality of life. Unfortunately, many Kentucky lrrgh
P. OJ school graduates lack sufficient mathematical grounding to pursue careers in areas neces-
solving the "Kentucky . . _ ‘ ‘
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, g UK researchers are collaborating with the Kentucky Department of Education and
Kelltucky   Schoolsv Kentucky schools to enhance math instruction in the schools and create systems that al-
business €llm3t€» low distant teachers to collaborate in develo in and testing math courses. UK also is
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€IlVll`0lllIl€Ht, heillth working with Fayette County Public Schools and community groups to determine the fac-
care and lifestyles. tors underlying long—term underperformance by some schools and to develop and imple-
These projects are ment systems and strategies for turning underperforming schools into high performance
the Mjernrnenweeith models that can be replicated. Inladdition, UK staff researchers and students are involved
Callaherallveslv a rn advancing school readiness skills - language, literacy. and social skills — of low socio-
term that ppttmys the economic pre—school students.
partnership binding Math-Science Education: CATSBusters
UK’s researchers, K-12 Headed by Paul Eakin, Ken Kubota and Carl Eberhart in the UK College of Arts and
edneeters, independent Sciences Mathematics Department, this project aims at improving the advanced math
health care providers, skills of Kentucky’s entering college freshmen to increase Kentucky`s competitiveness for
entrepreneurs, industries, the high-technology sectors like engineering and science. The project partners UK with
- the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Kentucky
local government officials _ . . . ~
J and rlvate citizens who Department of Education to develop specific mathematics courses to prepare students
will partici ate in and for business calculus and scientific calculus.
bengat fmgl _ these Student Achievement: Project Promise
i pt.0jeets_ Project PROMISE (Proactive Research on the Mediating Indices of School Excellence)
works to eliminate disparities between African Americans and other students on sub_ject
The five main categories standardized examinations by collecting empirical data from African—Anrerican elemen-
of collaboratives are; tary, middle, and high school students and parents to determine why the disparities exist
• environment and to suggest possible solutions.
. health cate Led by Lynda Brown Wright in the UK College of Education, the project gathers enr-
, eeppemle development piricalldata in public schools and obtains student voices into the reasons why such dispari-
• education tres exist and what can potentrally alleviate them.
. quality Oflife Better Schools: The Great Schools Initiative
The Great Schools Initiative is working to transform two low—achieving schools into one
high—performing school and to use this community-based collaborative model to produce
systemic changes within Fayette County Public Schools and the Lexington community.
The project at Booker T. Washington Elementary School and The Academy. now called
Booker T. Washington Academy, will develop and implement strategies to improve stu-
;   dents’ overall well—bein .i1rcludin lr sical and ernotiorral health.familv and communiti
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j I . situation, cohesrveness and VlS10lI.TllC goal rs to rrnprove student test scores after the first
»   .jr’ ‘ ; ear, with measured and stead im rovement in the new school`s academic index over
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. the next five years. The collaboration between UK and Fayette County Public Schools is
_ J — I J headed by Dean Lori Gonzalez of the UK College of Health Sciences, Dean Jim Cibulka
l J of the UK College of Education and UK Assistant Provost Richard Greissman.
‘ cglclwahxlra   Students in Service: Jumpstart Higher Education
i   The UK Jum start Hi her Education Affiliate rovides one—on—one UK student mentors
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‘ _»?;;~ ;.",;;"-ggtpg ;~,r;,=ij my-;;;_,ir[5j·r for preschool students at Booker T. Washington Academy to improve their educational
2r{a%UTGA2{Z_/ca.-frm55,*,1;,{3;;; preparation by enhancing language. literacy. and social skills.
The project is led by Katherine McCormick in the UK College of Education and Sha-
ron Stewart in the UK College of Health Sciences. Also participating in this project are
the UK James W. Stuckert Career Center and the Fayette County Public Schools Early
Start Program.
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