210 research outputs found
The County in Kentucky History
No full textIn the nineteenth century, Kentucky was one of the nation’s leading producers of racehorses, whiskey, tobacco—and new counties. By 1886 the three original Kentucky counties had been carved into 119 (belated 120th was to be formed in 1912). These small divisions commanded the fierce loyalty of their citizens and for most Kentuckians formed the center of political and community life.
The County in Kentucky History shows the bitter strife of countywide feuds and the conviviality of court day, the sporadic outbreaks of ill-feeling between town and country and the high-spirited brawls that regularly accompanied elections. Robert M. Ireland traces the structural changes in county government from the days when justices of the peace made up a self-perpetuating county court to the more democratic period when the buying of votes replaced the buying of offices.
The most beneficial change that could come to local government—consolidation into fewer units—Ireland sees as unlikely where the tradition of county loyalties and rivalries remains as strong as it does in Kentucky.
Robert M. Ireland is associate professor of history at the University of Kentucky. He is also the author of The County Courts of Antebellum Kentucky.https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_political_science_american_politics/1005/thumbnail.jp
Lucy White and Bert White Interview - Part 2 (Elliott County)
No full textAn interview with Bert and Lucy White by Robert M. Rennick on the place names of communities in Elliott County, Kentucky
Lucy White and Bert White Interview - Part 4 (Elliott County)
No full textAn interview with Bert and Lucy White by Robert M. Rennick on the place names of communities in Elliott County, Kentucky
A Mixed Methods Examination of the Impact of National Board Certified Teachers in Central Kentucky
No full textThe NBPTS was created in response to a call from A Nation at Risk (National Commission on Excellence in Education, 1983) and A Nation Prepared (Carnegie Forum, 1986) to ensure improved student academic performance in the United States. The mission of NBPTS is to establish rigorous standards for what teachers should know and be able to do, develop a voluntary national system to assess and certify teachers who meet these standards, and improve student learning in schools across the United States of America (Rouse & Hollomon, 2005). The ultimate goal of this process is to place effective, highly qualified teachers in classrooms, thus improving student performance.
A variety of books on program evaluation as it relates to NBPTS are available, including Advances in Program Evaluation (Ingvarson & Hattie, 2008) and Assessing Accomplished Teaching: Advanced Level Certification Programs (Hakel, Doenig, & Elliot, 2008), but they only evaluate portions of the certification process, the assessments, and parts of the five core propositions. Additionally, the nbpts.org website contains numerous articles which evaluate portions of the program. However, a holistic, formal evaluation of this program is not available. Without the evaluation element, it is difficult to assess the effectiveness of a policy (Fowler, 2009).
The goal of this study is to evaluate the National Board Certified Teacher program in Fayette County. It must be determined if the certification process is enabling candidates and recipients to make the gains and professional contributions that they are expected to make upon receiving this national credential. The Fayette County Board of Education provided a data set of elementary school RIT scores for more than 3500 students from the 2009-2010 school year. Additionally, Fayette County Elementary School teachers working in a building with at least one National Board Certified Teacher were surveyed to gain insight into the impact that NBCTs have on their colleagues in regards to instruction, assessment, and behavior management. The research is a mixed-methods study, utilizing both one-sample and independent sample t-tests, along with descriptive survey data. The independent variables for each hypotheses were whether or not teachers held their National Board Certification and student race and SES, measured by participation in the free and reduced lunch program. The dependent variable for the first four hypotheses is student growth as measured by a RIT score in reading, and the dependent variable for the fifth hypotheses included the number of others teachers had assisted with instruction, student behavior, assessment, or any other mentoring type activities.
The analysis of data resulted in the following findings: second and third grade NBCTs in the Fayette County Public School had significantly greater RIT growth in the area of reading than non-NBCTs. However, there was not a significance difference in RIT growth for fourth and fifth NBCTs and non-NBCTs. In regards to impacting colleagues, the data revealed that the teachers surveyed did not indicate that NBCTs provide more help in the areas of behavior management, instruction, and assessment than non-NBCTs. However, when both groups of teachers self-reported the numbers of colleagues they had assisted during the school years, NBCTs assisted a significantly greater number of teachers than non-NBCTs in the area of assessment. Additionally, the data indicates that 4.6% of the teaching population (NBCTs in Fayette County Elementary Schools) is providing 33% of all mentoring activities that aid in developing the instructional capacity of teachers within the sampled school buildings
Kentucky Rebel Town
No full textThis is a detailed Civil War study of a Kentucky Blue Grass town and county. This extensive research of Cynthiana and Harrison County reveals the area’s divisive sectional animosities and personalities. As the title suggests, Cynthiana was widely perceived to be a Rebel stronghold when the secession crisis erupted. The county’s state representatives, Lucius Desha and W. W. Cleary, were among Kentucky’s pro-secession supporters during neutrality, and Desha was arrested for treason when accused of recruiting for the Confederate army. Belief that the town was a den of Southern sympathizers was further supported when Union soldiers arrested and imprisoned for disloyal activities about sixty citizens, including several county officials and newspaper editor. Countering these secession activities were Home Guards and Union supporters, such as attorney W. W. Trimble. John Hunt Morgan’s raids in Kentucky resulted in the First and Second Battles of Cynthiana, which the author carefully researched and enhanced by new battlefield maps. Readers will learn of the central role of the county in the Union military defenses of the Kentucky Central Railroad corridor. The book also describes from both the soldiers’ and citizens’ viewpoints the Confederate army march through the county on the way to threaten Cincinnati in 1862. It also describes the recruiting activities of Union and Confederate supporters, and the controversial African American enrollments.</p
Lucy White and Bert White Interview - Part 1 (Elliott Count)
No full textAn interview with Lucy and Bert White by Robert M. Rennick on the place names of communities in Elliott County, Kentucky
Aunt Jane Of Kentucky
No full textYou see, some folks has albums to put folks\u27 pictures in to remember them by, and some folks has a book and writes down the things that happen every day so they won’t forget them; but, honey, these quilts is my albums and my diaries.
Aunt Jane is a fictional character well known for her gentle folk wisdom and her vivid descriptions of a picturesque and almost vanished way of life in the rural South of the last century. Her words recall lavish Sunday dinners, courtships, quilting bees, church meetings, and county fair competitions.
Yet Aunt Jane of Kentucky is more than a collection of reminiscences about the region of Western Kentucky where Eliza Caroline Obenchain (who published under the name Eliza Calvert Hall) was born and raised. She writes about strong women and the ways in which they make their voices heard. Obenchain was a dedicated suffragist who worked to win rights for women in the areas of property ownership and divorce, and her interest in the social condition of women is evident throughout her fictional work. In one of the most popular stories in the collection, Sally Ann\u27s Experience, Sally Ann refuses to agree that women should be silent in church; she tells her male audience, Now it\u27s my time to talk and yours to listen.
Aunt Jane of Kentucky, first published in 1907, is a delightful example of regional fiction that will also serve as a valuable document for those interested in the history of women\u27s issues.
Eliza Caroline Obenchain (pen name Eliza Calvert Hall) was born in 1856 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The author of several books, she published poems, essays, and stories about her native Western Kentucky in such magazines as Scribner\u27s, Cosmopolitan, and the women\u27s page of the New York Times until her death in 1935.
Heartwarming. . . . Quilters will find a kindred spirit here. —Library Journalhttps://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_english_language_and_literature_north_america/1044/thumbnail.jp
Warren Circuit Court - Warren County, Kentucky (SC 3682)
No full textFinding aid and scans (Click on Additional Files below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3682. Images of two seals of the Warren County (Kentucky) Circuit Court, one affixed to documents dated 1825 and 1839, and the other to a document dated 1860, together with a letter from the Court Administrator with historical background. Also includes a paper by an unknown author describing the Warren County Court of Quarter Sessions and a few early indictments
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