Monthly Archives: November 2013

Gov. Beshear makes appointments to boards and commissions

Gov. Steve Beshear recently made several appointments to education-related boards and commissions. Debra Katie Bentley, a community support coordinator at NorthKey Community Care, and Anita C. Dowd, an executive staff adviser at the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, were appointed to the Kentucky State Advisory Panel for Exceptional Children. Beshear also reappointed the following members to the panel: Martha [...]

By |2013-11-21T08:45:01-05:00November 21, 2013|

KySTE 2014 registration open

Join nearly 2,000 information technology leaders, technicians, tech resource/integration specialists, classroom teachers, administrators/district leaders, library media specialists, vendors/exhibitors, and other education professionals at the largest education technology conference in the south central US at KySTE 2014, the conference of the Kentucky Society for Technology in Education, March 5-7, 2014 at the Galt House in Louisville. This year’s conference theme is [...]

By |2013-11-21T08:42:27-05:00November 21, 2013|

World Language learning webinar scheduled for Dec. 4

A live webinar “Next-Gen World Language Learning” will be Dec. 4 at 3 p.m. EST with Tom Vander Ark, CEO of Getting Smart, a learning advocacy firm, and author of Getting Smart: How Digital Learning is Changing the World. Vander Ark will discuss the findings of the recently published Next-Gen World Language Learning white paper. Other discussions will include: language [...]

By |2020-10-14T09:26:06-04:00November 21, 2013|

Fulbright Awards for teachers available

The Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching program sends highly accomplished primary and secondary teachers from the U.S. abroad and brings international teachers to the U.S for a three to six month long program. The maximum award for the program covers program costs such as tuition, room and board, and transportation. Participants will receive a maintenance allowance designed to assist with the costs [...]

By |2013-11-21T08:43:04-05:00November 21, 2013|

Exceptional children open forum Nov. 25

The Council for Exceptional Children Conference is hosting an open forum at the Galt House in Louisville on Nov. 25. Parents, children and families are invited to attend this forum to discuss topics related to services for exceptional children. Attendees will be encouraged to share views on important issues so the panel can appropriately advise the Kentucky Department of Education [...]

By |2013-11-21T08:44:42-05:00November 21, 2013|

Kentucky History Teacher of the Year nominations sought

Nominations are currently being taken for the 2014 Kentucky History Teacher of the Year.  All nominations must be submitted on the Gilder Lehrman website at: www.gilderlehrman.org/nhtoy. The History Teacher of the Year award alternates every other year between elementary and middle/high school teachers.  Only middle school and high school teachers (grades 7-12) will be considered for the 2014 award. Nominators [...]

By |2013-11-21T08:45:23-05:00November 21, 2013|

Students share insight with Commissioner Holliday

By Amy Wallot amy.wallot@education.ky.gov Members of the third installment of the Next-Generation Student Council recently visited the offices of the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) for a day of learning and sharing. They met with Commissioner Terry Holliday and state Rep. Derrick Graham, D-Frankfort, and learned about the Professional Growth and Effectiveness System and the LYNC Toolkit from members of the KDE staff. [...]

By |2013-11-21T08:46:08-05:00November 21, 2013|

Ready or not

  Holly Bloodworth, the 2014 Kentucky Teacher of the Year, discusses bats with her students as a part of a lesson involving informational texts at Murray Elementary School (Murray Independent). Photo by Amy Wallot, Oct. 28, 2013 Being named the 2014 Kentucky Teacher of the Year is sure to be one of the most exciting professional times of [...]

By |2018-11-15T16:00:16-05:00November 21, 2013|

Advanced Placement honor roll announced

Twelve Kentucky public school districts have been selected for  inclusion in the College Board’s 4th annual Advanced Placement (AP) District Honor Roll. The honor roll includes 477 public and private districts throughout the U.S. and Canada that increased access to Advanced Placement courses for a broader number of students while also maintaining or improving the rate at which their AP students earned [...]

By |2013-11-21T08:46:30-05:00November 21, 2013|
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