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Daily Archives: October 20, 2011

Volunteer districts needed for CIITS classroom formative assessment pilot

The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is seeking volunteer districts to pilot Schoolnet’s Assessment Admin module of the Continuous Instructional Improvement Technology System (CIITS) starting Nov. 28. Using a standards-based item bank, select teachers at participating schools within districts will be required to administer daily formative assessments through CIITS. Teachers and administrators will be able to use the resulting data [...]

By |2020-09-21T08:46:18-04:00October 20, 2011|

Award recognizes environmental educators

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched an award program aimed at recognizing outstanding environmental education teachers. The Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators Program, which will be implemented through a partnership between the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and EPA, recognizes outstanding K-12 teachers who employ innovative approaches to environmental education and use the environment as [...]

By |2020-09-22T10:56:15-04:00October 20, 2011|

Art contest for deaf and hard of hearing students

The Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (KCDHH) and the Knowledge Center on Deafness are sponsoring an art contest for all deaf and hard of hearing K-12 students in Kentucky. Students can design a visual image or write poetry that will be connected to a fiberglass horse, similar to the ones done at DeaFestival 2002 and 2010. [...]

By |2011-11-02T09:27:25-04:00October 20, 2011|

Nomination period open for Grissom, Kelly awards

The Kentucky Board of Education is accepting nominations for the Dr. Johnnie Grissom Award, which honors a Kentuckian or a Kentucky organization for outstanding dedication to improving student achievement and for closing the achievement gap; and for the Joseph W. Kelly Award, which honors a businessperson who has offered outstanding leadership and service toward promoting school improvement and equity of [...]

By |2020-09-23T11:20:14-04:00October 20, 2011|

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