Daily Archives: July 28, 2011

Lunar eclipse animation toolkit

A new animation produced by NASA Goddard provides a clear explanation of how a lunar eclipse occurs and has more than a dozen high-resolution versions to choose from, including 3D. Also, on the same page is a link for an animation list including topics like agriculture, atmosphere, biosphere, climate indicators, hydrosphere, land surface, oceans, sun-earth interactions and more. For more [...]

By |2011-07-27T13:42:11-04:00July 28, 2011|

Students win cash prizes for slogan, essay contests

Secretary of State Elaine Walker has announced three public school winners for the 2011 annual election slogan and essay contest managed by her office with support from the Kentucky Education Association Retired and the University of Kentucky Scripps Howard First Amendment Center, a division of the School of Journalism and Telecommunications. The contest was created by the Kentucky General Assembly [...]

By |2011-07-27T13:49:20-04:00July 28, 2011|

Dates selected for conference

The new dates for the Kentucky Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts Conference are Feb.17- 18, 2012 at Embassy Suites in Lexington. Featured speakers are Commissioner of Education Terry Holliday; Kentucky’s Poet Laureate, Maureen Morehead; award-winning Kentucky novelist Rick Robinson; and noted author Sara Kajder. Visit www.kcte.org for updates. Proposals to present are now being accepted at http://conference.kcte.org/call.html. For more [...]

By |2020-09-23T15:23:50-04:00July 28, 2011|

Administrators association elects officers

The Kentucky Association of School Administrators (KASA) named its 2011-12 officers during KASA’s 2011 Summer Institute in Louisville recently. New KASA officers are: Lonnie Burgett, superintendent of Mayfield Independent school district, as president Rita Muratalla, principal of Zoneton Middle School (Bullitt County), as president-elect Paul Mullins, principal of LaRue County High School, as vice president Phyllis O’Neal, principal of Calvert [...]

By |2011-07-27T13:34:49-04:00July 28, 2011|

Online history conference

The September 11: Teaching Contemporary History online conference will be Aug. 3-4. This conference is free to all teachers and school administrators. Educators will be able to view the online conference live and interact with panelists and other teachers who are online. Each session of the conference will last 50-75 minutes. All sessions will be recorded and posted for teachers [...]

By |2011-07-27T13:45:37-04:00July 28, 2011|

Board members complete comprehensive orientation

Three members of the Kentucky Board of Education, Roger Marcum, Jonathan Parrent and Mary Gwen Wheeler, recently completed three days of intensive training to help new board members become highly effective state education policymakers. The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) provided the training. Marcum, Parrent and Wheeler joined state board members from 20 states and territories in [...]

By |2011-07-27T13:21:52-04:00July 28, 2011|

Kentucky taking steps to see that accountability system works

Recent issues in Atlanta, Pennsylvania and other areas have raised the profile on cheating on tests. The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is taking a proactive stance on this issue. Education Commissioner Terry Holliday recently discussed this topic in his blog. The view the blog, click here. Specific actions that Kentucky is taking in this area are: Writing a request [...]

By |2020-09-23T15:05:18-04:00July 28, 2011|
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