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		<title>Governor signs bill to ramp up career, technical education</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Career and Technical Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Bill 207]]></category>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Gov. Steve Beshear yesterday ceremonially signed House Bill 207 that unites the state’s two Career and Technical Education (CTE) systems under the guidance of Kentucky’s Department of Education. The goal is to create a unified, more relevant and efficient system to educate and prepare students for the world of work in a real-life setting. “Our students [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/VAhzLDtb-mE" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>KJHS Conference and Kentucky History Day winners</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~3/C8RI3lRON1c/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Riddell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kentucky History Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kentucky Junior Historical Society]]></category>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Kentucky students were rewarded for their talents and research in history at the 51st Kentucky Junior Historical Society (KJHS) Conference and Kentucky History Day held at the University of Louisville. Student activities included the impromptu exhibit contest, history test, quick-recall History Bowl and the Kentucky History Day contest. More than 600 students, parents and educators [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/C8RI3lRON1c" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Superintendents’ Webcast scheduled for May 31</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~3/7_A6fPtYI5I/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/leadership-letter/2013/05/superintendents-webcast-scheduled-for-may-31/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Riddell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership Letter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superintendents' webcast]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[The next superintendents’ webcast is Friday, May 31, 2013 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET. One of the topics to be presented is maximizing the flexibility offered by Kentucky’s ESEA waiver. If there are other topics that you would like to have addressed, please e-mail maryann.miller@education.ky.gov . The session will be recorded for those who cannot watch [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/7_A6fPtYI5I" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Free training for science teachers</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~3/PTRUS_TB8pE/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/bulletin-board/2013/05/free-training-for-science-teachers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Riddell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bulletin Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conferences & Workshops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teachers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[training]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is offering free training for up to 500 high school science teachers in July 2013. The training will be conducted fully online over the first three weeks of July. Teacher may work at their own time and pace, supplemented by optional live events to earn a NOAA teacher badge. [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/PTRUS_TB8pE" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A fishy start to a new sport</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~3/Fwkdzu6rA4A/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/photos/2013/05/a-fishy-start-to-a-new-sport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Wallot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corbin Independent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nelson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woodford County]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[By Amy Wallot amy.wallot@education.ky.gov It was a chilly morning in April as boats gathered around the dock at KenLake Marina for the first Kentucky High School Athletics Association bass fishing championship. The KHSAA added the co-ed sport-activity in February of 2012, making this school year its first.  Forty-two teams from high schools around the state competed [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/Fwkdzu6rA4A" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>‘Pre-K to On Our Way’ training offered</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~3/sNQSd6kpTiE/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/news/2013/05/pre-k-to-on-our-way-training-offered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Riddell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preschool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transition]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[From Pre-K to On Our Way is a day-long training to promote and support transitions from preschool to public school. The training will be May 31 in Lexington. This event is for preschool or early care teachers, staff and directors, kindergarten and 1st-grade teachers. In this workshop, participants will: review the research on the impact [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/sNQSd6kpTiE" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Council awards $1.5 million to develop model teacher prep programs</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~3/EWuKS7F4ll8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/leadership-letter/2013/05/council-awards-1-5-million-to-develop-model-teacher-prep-programs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Riddell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership Letter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teacher preparation]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education has awarded $1.5 million to fund model clinical programs for teacher preparation in Kentucky. The three programs seek to improve the effectiveness of how universities provide teacher training. The recipients include: •Eastern Kentucky University, in partnership with Corbin Independent school district •University of Louisville, in partnership with...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/EWuKS7F4ll8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Diversity Conference for juniors and seniors</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~3/qh22sQWmAcY/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/bulletin-board/2013/05/diversity-conference-for-juniors-and-seniors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Riddell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conferences & Workshops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Academically Proficient High School Junior and Senior Diversity Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[The 2013 Academically Proficient High School Junior and Senior Diversity Conference, sponsored by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, will be June 28-29 at Eastern Kentucky University. The conference programs will: inform and expose juniors and seniors of the various educational opportunities available at colleges throughout the state provide information to assist juniors and seniors...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/qh22sQWmAcY" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Semester-long class highlights African American history, contributions</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~3/1ehKGe6PVYw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/features/2013/05/semester-long-class-highlights-african-american-history-contributions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Riddell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African American history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clark County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Rogers Clark High School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kentucky Core Academic Standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social studies]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Madsen excited to show her students there’s so much more to black history than just the slavery era.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/1ehKGe6PVYw" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Teachers, principals have to help each other succeed in PGES</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~3/Xdu3XR4E4Lc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/features/2013/05/teachers-principals-have-to-help-each-other-succeed-in-pges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Tungate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paris Independent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PGES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PPGES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Principal Professional Growth and Effectiveness System]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Principals will succeed in the new Principal Professional Growth and Effectiveness System only if they help teachers help students succeed.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/Xdu3XR4E4Lc" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Beyond Appreciation</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~3/tZ3X0ZRzbiI/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/news/2013/05/beyond-appreciation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 04:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Rodriguez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kentucky Teacher of the Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[I recently returned from “Washington Recognition Week” in our nation’s capital and all I can say is that I wish every teacher across Kentucky could be doted on as I and my fellow State Teachers of the Year (STOYs) were during this week.  It was an incredible time. From our time at the White House, [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/tZ3X0ZRzbiI" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>2013-2014 Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program RFA</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~3/EODjf-q3XFs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/bulletin-board/2013/05/2013-2014-fresh-fruits-and-vegetables-program-rfa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 04:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Riddell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bulletin Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competitive grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Recent Federal legislation, Public Law 110-234, The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, authorized funds for expansion of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) to all 50 States, the District of Columbia and Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Elementary schools that represent a State’s highest free and reduced price enrollment are [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/EODjf-q3XFs" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>KASA Fred Award finalists named</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~3/VJVD5Pezt58/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/leadership-letter/2013/05/kasa-fred-award-finalists-named/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 04:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Riddell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership Letter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finalists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fred Award]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kentucky Association of School Administrators]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Kentucky Association of School Administrators (KASA) announced its list of finalists for the 2013 Fred Award. The Fred Award is designated for non-administrative staff, students and volunteers statewide. It was inspired by Fred Shea, a postman who became the subject of Mark Sanborn’s national bestseller, The Fred Factor. The finalists include: Danny Henderson, bus [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/VJVD5Pezt58" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>17 districts apply to be Districts of Innovation</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~3/PptXbGPJ7gU/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/news/2013/05/17-districts-apply-to-be-districts-of-innovation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 04:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Rodriguez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[applications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Districts of Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school districts]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[A total of 17 Kentucky public school districts have submitted applications to the Kentucky Department of Education to become Districts of Innovation. The Districts of Innovation legislation, House Bill 37 (2012) &#8212; codified as KRS 156.108 and 160.107, provides Kentucky public school districts the opportunity to apply for an exemption from certain administrative regulations and [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/PptXbGPJ7gU" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Twitter Town Hall May 15</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~3/ovZV7WwSQ5Y/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/bulletin-board/2013/05/twitter-town-hall-may-15/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Riddell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bulletin Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commissioner Terry Holliday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter Town Hall]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Kentucky Department of Education invites teachers, administrators, district staff, parents, students and other education stakeholders to submit questions for Commissioner Terry Holliday&#8217;s Twitter Town Hall Wednesday, May 15, 4-5 p.m. ET. Questions can be tweeted both before May 15 and during the live event. Use the hash tag #AskDocH to send questions. If you [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/ovZV7WwSQ5Y" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>A thank you to educators as Kentucky sets sights on effectiveness</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 04:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Terry Holliday</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[National Teacher Day]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Professional Growth and Effectiveness System]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[The 2012-13 school year has been a busy one for Kentucky public education. Educators have undertaken a number of initiatives and realized some major achievements as we work to transform schools into vibrant, engaging and innovative places that equip Kentucky’s children with the knowledge and skills they will need to succeed in a 21st-century world. [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/5aRQJbG-Umg" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Seneca rolls the bones to raise money</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~3/EQur9CHFC9w/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 04:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Tungate</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One Million Bones]]></category>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Seneca High School (Jefferson County) learned about genocide and raised more than $3,000 in the process.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/EQur9CHFC9w" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Spelling a progression, one letter – and grade level – at a time</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 04:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Riddell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1st grade]]></category>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[It’s more important to write than be right sometimes, especially in grades K-2, educators say.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/eRJYUIsOZic" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Education Matters focuses on school readiness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 04:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Riddell</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[The season finale of KET’s Education Matters will focus on early childhood learning and kindergarten readiness. Host Bill Goodman and guests explore the Brigance Kindergarten Screen and take a look at how preschools, parents, and informal learning experiences can help young children arrive at kindergarten ready to succeed and thrive. “Kindergarten Readiness,” will air Monday [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/NP2gKjPiZKg" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Education commissioner named Floyd chief of staff</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~3/ofEuZwPF7To/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kentuckyteacher.org/news/2013/05/education-commissioner-named-floyd-chief-of-staff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 04:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[chief of staff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Commissioner Terry Holliday]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Floyd]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Education Commissioner Terry Holliday has named Thomas G. “Tommy” Floyd to the newly created position of chief of staff at the Kentucky Department of Education. Floyd is currently the superintendent of the Madison Co. Schools.Holliday said the position is needed due to the large number of initiatives that the department is implementing related to Senate [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KentuckyTeacher/~4/ofEuZwPF7To" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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