Boone County Board of Education member C. Ed Massey was named the 65th president of the National School Boards Association (NSBA) at the association’s Annual Conference in Boston recently. David A. Pickler of Tennessee’s Shelby County school district was elected president-elect and Anne M. Byrne of New York’s Nanuet Union Free school district was elected secretary-treasurer by NSBA’s [...]
Students between the ages of 13 and 21 who sing well and are members of 4-H or FFA are invited to submit videos of themselves singing the Star-Spangled Banner. Videos will be posted online for popular voting to determine four finalists. The four finalists will be interviewed, and their performances will be recorded for airing on national TV. Online voting [...]
The Arts Education Partnership is announcing the release of ArtsEdSearch.org - the nation’s first online research and policy clearinghouse that documents the educational outcomes of arts learning for students and teachers. ArtsEdSearch grew out of a need for high quality, centrally located and user-friendly information on the essential role the arts play in developing students’ creative thinking, problem solving, communication [...]
The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education, in partnership with NanoRacks, LLC, announces Mission 3 to the International Space Station. This opportunity gives students across a community the ability to design real experiments to fly in low earth orbit on the Space Station. The program is open to students in grades 5-14. Each participating community will be provided [...]
NASA's DIY Podcast offers resources for educators and students to use to create podcasts using free NASA images, video footage and audio clips. Various topic modules are available on the site, including:
Over the past few months, I’ve grown pretty accustomed to phone interviews. I’ve also discovered an interesting phenomenon that typically occurs during these interviews. While I love discussing my teacher colleagues, our collaboration and the instructional practices we’ve found to be successful, interview dialogue almost always seems to take an individualized slant. “Well, yes, but what do YOU [...]
The Kentucky Literacy Leaders Academy for History and Social Studies, provided in partnership by the Kentucky Department of Education and the Kentucky Historical Society, will be June 19-21 in Frankfort. This event will kick off a year-long project designed to train history/social studies literacy leaders who will focus on the integration of Common Core literacy standards/skills into history and social [...]
Gov. Steve Beshear recently joined community leaders and students at Calloway County Middle School to celebrate the completion of two new safety sidewalk projects. Murray received a combined $339,000 in investment for the projects, aimed at improving pedestrian and bicycle access for local students. “These projects have afforded students the opportunity to walk or bike to school without compromising their [...]