The Western Kentucky Assistive Technology Center will offer iPad training for parents of children with disabilities. The training includes a basic overview of how to navigate the iPad and an opportunity to review apps designed for people with special needs. An iPad will be available for each participant during the training. The training is great opportunity for parents to explore [...]
The theme for this year’s Kentucky Safe Schools Week (October 16-22) will be “Cyber- Survivor.” The theme covers current Internet safety topics such as cyberbullying and social networking. The Kentucky Center for School Safety (KCSS) realizes that the cyberworld offers unique learning opportunities, face-to-face communication and skills to ensure jobs for our Kentucky students, but along with cyberworld “treasures,” we [...]
Do you understand how you get immunity if you are sued by a student due to a disciplinary action? Do you understand the latest rules regarding discipline of public school students? It is crucial for local school officials to stay abreast of current Kentucky and federal law and district policy in this area to have legal protection should a student [...]
The 76th Annual Kentucky Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts conference will be Feb. 17-18 in Lexington. The theme is “Literacy Matters: The Common Core and Beyond.” Proposals to present are being accepted until Oct 31. Submit a proposal here.
Kentucky students can participate in three programs offered by the Office of the Secretary of State this fall, including statewide mock elections, a slogan contest for grades 6-8 and an essay contest for grades 9-12. Winners of the slogan and essay contests receive special recognition and cash prizes. The mock election will feature all statewide candidates appearing on the Nov. [...]
The Kentucky Court of Justice will host the annual Kentucky High School Mock Trial Tournament March 16-18, 2012. High school teams will participate in at least four rounds of competition over two days with an additional round between the finalists to determine the state champion. The winning team will then advance to the national tournament in May. The 2012 mock [...]
Kentucky is one of eight states chosen to participate in a new project to assess and improve the quality of undergraduate student learning, according to the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. Kentucky will receive $120,000 for faculty development and new assessment approaches over three years. Sponsored by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, the Quality Collaboratives (QC) project is [...]
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) has unveiled Family as Partners: Fostering Family Engagement for Healthy and Successful Students, a resource to help school leaders effectively engage families in schools, particularly around school health issues. Families as Partners includes an overview of family engagement in schools as well as guidance, strategies and resources for developing and implementing successful family engagement [...]
Ethan Holaday, a junior at Bowling Green High School (Bowling Green Independent), is the winner of the “Promote Your School” essay contest, sponsored by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA). He earned a $500 college scholarship and the opportunity for his school to be featured in future college planning materials published by KHEAA. The essay contest — which asked [...]