At a special ceremony Aug. 3 on the campus of the Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD), the Kentucky Board of Education awarded diplomas to African-Americans who were enrolled at KSD in the mid-20th century but did not receive recognition for graduation. “The Kentucky Board of Education and Kentucky Department of Education sincerely regret that this injustice occurred [...]
Seventy Kentucky participants received 32 gold, 26 silver and 12 bronze medals in 28 national Students Taking Action with Recognition (STAR) Events recently as more than 6,300 nationwide members, advisers, alumni and guests of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), gathered in Anaheim, Calif., for its 2011 National Leadership Conference. From Kentucky, 180 members from 28 schools [...]
An educational poster, Kentucky Landscapes through Geologic Time, is a 40- x 36-inch poster with a section for each of the major periods of geologic time, stretching back nearly 500 million years to the Ordovician Period. The inspiration for this poster came from Chris Scotese of the University of Texas at Arlington. The website www.scotese.com illustrates the position of the [...]
from Jon Akers, executive director, Kentucky Center for School Safety (KCSS) As the 2011-12 school year begins, these reminders should help leaders and administrators put several safety-related matters on the radar screen early in the school year. Superintendents are encouraged to send this information along to all district principals. 1. Remind all school principals to review and update their school-based [...]
The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University has planned a travel/study program to Italy for 8th-grade and high school honors students as well as interested adults, set for Sept. 30 through Oct. 9. This program provides participants with a carefully structured experience in Florence, Rome and selected points of interest. Thirty qualified participants will be accompanied by the [...]
The Speech Education Alliance of Kentucky (SPEAK) conference will be Sept. 30 at the University of Kentucky. Information and registration is available online at www.kyspeak.org. This conference is a joint educational professional development day sponsored by the four competitive speaking groups in Kentucky – the National Forensic League; the Kentucky High School Speech League; the Kentucky Educational Speech and Drama [...]
Kentucky teachers will have a new 21st-century instructional tool when they return to the classroom for the 2011-12 school year. The Continuous Instructional Improvement Technology System (CIITS) is a searchable online database of Kentucky academic standards and student learning targets aligned and linked to high-quality instructional resources from Discovery Education. The system is designed to help teachers as they implement [...]
The Kentucky Society for Technology in Education is seeking presenters for its annual conference. More than 2,000 information technology leaders, technicians, network specialists, tech resource/integration specialists, classroom teachers, administrators/district leaders, library media specialists, assistive technology specialists, staff developers, instructional technology teachers and counselors are expected to attend. Approved presenters attend the conference for free. This year’s conference theme is “Connect, [...]
In its transition to a public school graduation rate formula that is mandated by the U.S. Department of Education (USED), Kentucky is reporting Averaged Freshman Graduation Rates (AFGR) for the first time this year. The state will use the AFGR for the next three years to provide public high school data that will be used for federal No Child Left [...]
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) awarded Kentucky two education awards earlier this month. One was the inaugural John I. Wilson Leadership for Learning Award for the state’s Content Leadership Networks and Continuous Instructional Improvement Technology System (CIITS). The award honors John Wilson, National Education Association executive director, and founding member of P21 who is retiring this year. The [...]