Fall 2014 Initiative

The Kloiber Foundation Fall 2014 Initiative For the fall of 2014 initiative Kloiber Foundation has partnered with Russell Cave Elementary School.  Located amid the rolling pastures of the northern Fayette County horse farms, Russell Cave has 306 students who are...

Searching for the “Classroom of the Future”

The Kloiber Foundation Searching for the “Classroom of the Future” In a recent article on nprEd a version of the Classroom of the Future is featured. As one might guess, a good deal of the students learning takes place interfacing with a computer. The novelty of the...

Magic iPad Bullet

The Kloiber Foundation Magic iPad Bullet A recent article in the Atlantic spotlights and expounds upon a problem we’ve seen cropping up for the past few years. When we meet with schools to discuss their plans for improving student’s educations via technology iPads...

Hack the Hood

The Kloiber Foundation Hack the Hood Recently on NPR a segment aired bringing attention to a major disparity in the tech industry concerning employee diversity and how some non-profits in Silicon Valley are addressing the issue. One entity called Hack the Hood...

Do You Know Your State’s Tenure System?

The Kloiber Foundation Do You Know Your State’s Tenure System? Everyone seems to be familiar with the notion of teacher tenure, but a recent ruling in California has generated a number of articles on the subject. A good point from this article is that this is one of...

Nation’s 12th Graders “wildly unprepared”

The Kloiber Foundation Nation’s 12th Graders “wildly unprepared” According to Daria Hall, with the education trust, a group that advocates for equal educational opportunity, “there are a whole lot of young people wildly unprepared.” This evaluation is in response to...

Kentucky budget ups funding for schools

The Kloiber Foundation Kentucky budget ups funding for schools Kentucky has finished the final version of a budget that increases the states main school funding by $189 million over the next two years. In the wake of Education Weeks “Quality Counts” report, it is...

Down to four finalists for Jefferson County’s Innovation Zone

The Kloiber Foundation Down to four finalists for Jefferson County’s Innovation Zone Following up on a previous post concerning the resurgence of “Innovation Zones” in the U.S., I’ve found an article in the Courier Journal announcing a narrowing of the field in...

Resurgence of “Innovation Zones” spreads to Kentucky

The Kloiber Foundation Study on Sharing iPads The concept of school districts establishing “innovation zones” first popular in the ’90’s has made a resurgence in the U.S. As described in an article in Education Week, the idea is to give schools and districts more...