By Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for Kentucky News Connection reporting for The Hechinger Report-Public News Service Collaboration Haley Autumn Dawn Ann Crank thinks she might like to become a teacher. There’s a shortage of teachers in this corner of Kentucky, and Crank, who has eight siblings, gets kids. “I just fit in with them,” Crank said during a shift one February day at the Big Blue Smokehouse, where she works as a waitress. .
It s Teacher Appreciation Week, and there s some mixed news when it comes to how well South Dakota is compensating its teachers. According to the National Education Association s annual Rankings and Estimates report, the national average teacher salary increased about 4% to nearly $70,000 a year between the 2021 and 2022 school years. But adjusted for inflation, teachers still make 5% less than they did a decade ago. .
Hazard Community and Technical College’s University Center of the Mountains Transfer Center recently hosted Spring Into Transfer, an event focused on transfer opportunities for HCTC students interested in pursuing four-year
PRESTONSBURG — Big Sandy Community and Technical College, Hazard Community and Technical College, Mountain Comprehensive Care Center and Southern Kentucky Community and Technical College joined forces to host a “Leading